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control freakery

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English

Etymology

From control freak + -ery.

Noun

control freakery (uncountable)

  1. The qualities of a control freak, an obsessive need or desire to be in control of what is happening.
    • 2023 September 6, Nigel Harris, “Leaderless and rudderless”, in RAIL, number 991, page 3:
      Unless the railway gets its act together, DfT will consolidate its control-freakery and micro-management and we'll be stuck with it.

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