control freakery

English

Etymology

From control freak +‎ -ery

Noun

control freakery (uncountable)

The qualities of a control freak, an obsessive need or desire to 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.

References

“control freakery”, in Collins English Dictionary.

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