nannyism
/ˈnanɪɪz(ə)m/noun
A nannyish principle or policy. Now: specifically a governmental or institutional policy viewed as interfering unduly with personal choice.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Punch. From nanny + -ism.
- retroject
- retrojection
- retrolental fibroplasia
- retromanoeuvre
- retro-migration
- retromingency
- retromingent
- retromorphosis
- retronym
- retrooperative
- retropannage
- retroperitoneal
- retroperitoneum
- retropharyngeal
- retroposition
- retroposon
- retropropulsion
- retropulsion
- retropulsive
- retroreflection
- retroreflective
- retroreflector
- retrorocket
- retrorse
- untenanted