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control freak en · NOUN

Etymology

From control + freak. First use appears c. 1970 in the Los Angeles Times.

Meanings

  1. (informal) A person who is excessively controlling and domineering.
  2. (informal) A tyrant or manipulator.

Forms

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control freaks Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

control freakery · control freakism

Translations (17)

es controlador obsesivo (person who is excessively controlling) · de Kontrollfreak (person who is excessively controlling) · hu uralkodni akaró ember (person who is excessively controlling) · es controladora (person who is excessively controlling) · nb kontrollfrik (person who is excessively controlling) · es friki controlador (person who is excessively controlling) · tr kontrol delisi (person who is excessively controlling) · pl osoba apodyktyczna (person who is excessively controlling) · fi kontrollifriikki (person who is excessively controlling) · nb kontrollfreak (person who is excessively controlling) · es friki del control (person who is excessively controlling) · hu akarnok (person who is excessively controlling) · hu hatalommániás (person who is excessively controlling) · hu irányításmániás (person who is excessively controlling) · es controlador (person who is excessively controlling) · nl regelneef (person who is excessively controlling) · hu kontrollmániás (person who is excessively controlling)

wikipedia: Los Angeles Times