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third-person singular simple present overcontrols, present participle overcontrolling, simple past and past participle overcontrolled
(transitive) To control to too great a degree. quotations examples
She’s not fancy or overcontrolled: she sounds relaxed but alert, and a slight nasal flatness in her voice humanizes her, makes her touch the ground.
2007 January 8, The New York Times, “New CDs”, in New York Times
uncountable
Excessive control. quotations examples
After a stressful event, the histrionic patient often manifests swings from rigid overcontrol to uncontrolled intrusions and emotional repetition.
2011, Mardi Jon Horowitz, Stress Response Syndromes