over-governmentn.
/ˌəʊvəˈɡʌvnm(ə)nt/, /ˌəʊvəˈɡʌvəm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈɡəvər(n)m(ə)nt/, /ˌoʊvərˈɡəvə(r)mənt/ 1. Excessive government; too much government interference.
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society > authority > rule or government > [noun] > action or act of > excessively
overgoverning1789
over-government1850
society > authority > rule or government > [noun] > superior
oversway1603
over-rule1891
over-government1894
1850 C. E. Beecher Miss Beecher's Domest. Receipt-bk. Contents 19 Over-government. Want of Patience and Self-control in Parents and Governors.
1894 Westm. Gaz. 29 Sept. 5/1 Besides the over-government of the future Corporation, there must be subsidiary bodies to discharge local highway, sanitary, and other duties.
1931 Pacific Affairs 4 837 The average Englishman's delight in ‘precedent’ and over-government.
1994 Courier Mail (Brisbane) 27 Oct. 6/6 Mr. Williams said his vision for the future for the tourism industry had become blurred by today's situation of ‘extreme over-government’.
2. Higher government or control. rare.
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1861 J. S. Mill Representative Govt. iv. 83 The more popular the institutions,..the more monstrous the overgovernment exercised by all over each, and by the executive over all.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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