Mark Fisher

Capitalism can never pursue deterritorialization to the absolute. What deterritorialization there is within capitalism is always balanced by a compensatory lockdown onto nation, culture, and race. Hence the 'Steampunk' quality of capitalism, where the most ancient traditions can co-exist with the ultramodern.

British Writer

Gad Saad

In many instances, mate choice is a compensatory process. In other words, both men and women choose prospective mates by combining their scores on several key attributes.

Canadian Scientist

John Sergeant Wise

However the Southern man may have been master of the negro, there were compensatory processes whereby certain negroes were masters of their masters' children.

American Author

Dennis Potter

People endure what they endure and they deal with it. It may corrupt them. It may lead them into all sorts of compensatory excesses.

British Dramatist

J. G. Ballard

Yes, sometimes I think that all my writing is nothing more than the compensatory work of a frustrated painter.

British Author

Compensatory in this sense is about balance, making things fair or equal, often in work or benefits.

Equality Focus

Actions are compensatory if they intend to offset or balance out an unwelcome event or situation.

Offsetting Loss

Compensatory measures or actions are usually seen as positive because they attempt to correct or improve a situation.

Positive Action

Compensatory often involves money in legal contexts, for harm done or losses suffered.

Legal Compensation

In legal settings, compensatory refers to remedying a wrong after it has happened, not preventing it.

After Harm Occurs

The word acknowledges pain or loss that someone has endured, with an attempt to make amends.