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hyperregulate en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˌhaɪpəˈɹɛɡjuːleɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• hī'pərĕʹgyo͞olāt (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From hyper- + regulate.

Meanings

1. Regulate to an excessive degree; stifle with a plethora of rules.
   • If the FCC truly believes there are going to be plenty of broadband options soon, a “no-opoly,” why is the FCC planning to hyperregulate the local telcos' DSL spectrum and DSL offerings? 2000: United States Congress House Committee on the Judiciary, Internet Freedom Act and Internet Growth and Development Act of 1999: Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 1686 and H.R. 1685, part 2, page 48 (United States Government Printing Office)
   • These nonblack members are trying to synthesize the tension of an anti-discrimination logic, a multicultural yearning for diversity, and a simultaneous defense of BGLOs’ core “blackness”. How do the multicultural nationalists navigate this tricky terrain? They hyperregulate other nonblack aspirants’ access to their BGLOs. 2008: Gregory S. Parks [ed.], Julianne Malveaux [foreword], and Marc Morial [afterword], Black Greek-Letter Organizations in the Twenty-First Century: Our Fight Has Just Begun, page 331 (University Press of Kentucky; →ISBN)
   • Teens with insecure-dismissing states of mind, as well as those who hyperregulate/deactivate their attachment system and defensively exclude […] 2005, Maryfrances Ruth Porter, The Exploration of Mechanisms Linking Adolescent Attachment Organization and Friendship Competence, University of Virginia, page 12:
2. To regulate (salt content etc) to a greater than normal degree

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Relateds

hyperregulatory · hyperregulative · hyperregulator · hyperregulation · hyporegulate