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overcontrol en · NOUN

Etymology

From over- + control.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Excessive control.
    • After a stressful event, the histrionic patient often manifests swings from rigid overcontrol to uncontrolled intrusions and emotional repetition. 2011, Mardi Jon Horowitz, Stress Response Syndromes:

overcontrol en · VERB

Etymology

From over- + control.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To control to too great a degree.
    • She’s not fancy or overcontrolled: she sounds relaxed but alert, and a slight nasal flatness in her voice humanizes her, makes her touch the ground. 2007 January 8, The New York Times, “New CDs”, in New York Times:

Forms

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overcontrolling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overcontrolled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overcontrolled Tense=Past lexicographic
overcontrols Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic