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control freakery

noun

control freakery

noun

Etymology From control freak + -ery.

1

The qualities of a control freak, an obsessive need or desire to be in control of what is happening.

  • Unless the railway gets its act together, DfT will consolidate its control-freakery and micro-management and we'll be stuck with it.2023 September 6, Nigel Harris, “Leaderless and rudderless”, in RAIL, number 991, page 3:

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