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overregulation

overregulation noun: excessive regulation: too many rules, especially misguidedly conceived ones.

Noun

overregulation (countable and uncountable, plural overregulations)

  1. Excessive regulation: too many rules, especially misguidedly conceived ones.
    • It was a lesson in how, despite its vaunted industrial sector, the German economy suffers from some of the same overregulation and sclerosis usually associated with much more troubled European countries.2012 February 22, Jack Ewing, “In Germany, a Limp Domestic Economy Stifled by Regulation”, in The New York Times

Forms of overregulation

pluraloverregulations

Origin of overregulation

From over- + regulation.

Questions about overregulation

What does overregulation mean?
Overregulation means excessive regulation: too many rules, especially misguidedly conceived ones.
What part of speech is overregulation?
Overregulation is a noun.
What is the plural of overregulation?
The plural of overregulation is overregulations.

Words near overregulation in the dictionary

  1. overregularizing
  2. overregulate
  3. overregulated
  4. overregulates
  5. overregulating
  6. overregulation
  7. overregulations
  8. overrehearsed
  9. overreject
  10. overrejection
  11. overrejections

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