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Meaning of hyperregulate | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1
/ˌhaɪpəˈɹɛɡjuːleɪt/

Definitions

  1. Regulate to an excessive degree; stifle with a plethora of rules.
  2. To regulate (salt content etc) to a greater than normal degree

Examples

“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?”
“Teens with insecure-dismissing states of mind, as well as those who hyperregulate/deactivate their attachment system and defensively exclude […]”
“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 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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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