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Meaning of control freakery in English:

control freakery

noun

informal

See control freak

‘They develop a level of arrogance and control freakery that in the end can only be tackled through the ballot box.’
  • ‘Instead, she concentrated on the studio, where she developed a reputation for control freakery, composing, arranging and producing her own records and even directing her own management company.’
  • ‘The latter's insecurities manifested themselves in all that stupid spinning and counterproductive control freakery.’
  • ‘It's the compulsive control freakery that grates with the press.’
  • ‘In the studio, however, her perfectionism verged on control freakery.’