control freakery
English
editEtymology
editFrom control freak + -ery.
Noun
editcontrol 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.