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hyperregulate

verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: hī'pərĕʹgyo͞olāt
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌhaɪpəˈɹɛɡjuːleɪt/

1

verb

Meaning 1

Regulate to an excessive degree; stifle with a plethora of rules.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 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.

Meaning relationships

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2

verb

Meaning 2

To regulate (salt content etc) to a greater than normal degree

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences

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Meaning relationships

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History

Etymology

From hyper- + regulate.