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overregulation.

Excessive regulation: too many rules, especially misguidedly conceived ones.

14 characters6 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. Excessive regulation: too many rules, especially misguidedly conceived ones.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English regulation English overregulation From over- + regulation.

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