overregulation
Too many restrictions
Overregulation is excessive government or institutional control that burdens the regulated parties beyond what's necessary or beneficial.
The term carries a political charge—those who use it typically believe regulations have gone too far: Overregulation is strangling small businesses.
What counts as overregulation depends on one's view of how much regulation is appropriate.
Administrative written tasks
- red tapeBureaucratic obstacles to action
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- administrativeRelated to organization management
- governmentalOf or relating to authority
oversight · permits · licenses · filings · registrations · approvals · inspections · audits
Limit on action
- limitationBound on extent
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- curtailmentAct of reducing scope
- controlAuthority to direct
restraint · moratorium · embargo · injunction · clampdown · suppression · containment · stricture
Principles governing behavior
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- policiesAdopted courses of action
- proceduresSet methods for tasks
- standardsAccepted levels of quality
guidelines · requirements · specifications · statutes · ordinances · bylaws · codes · regulations
Depriving of air
- stranglingCompressing throat to suffocate
- chokingBlocked airway condition
- hamperingInterfering with progress
- throttlingRestricting flow or speed
paperwork
Administrative written tasks
- red tapeBureaucratic obstacles to action
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- administrativeRelated to organization management
governmental · oversight · permits · licenses · filings · registrations · approvals · inspections · audits · clearances
restriction
Limit on action
- limitationBound on extent
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- curtailmentAct of reducing scope
control · restraint · moratorium · embargo · injunction · clampdown · suppression · containment · stricture · deterrence
rules
Principles governing behavior
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- policiesAdopted courses of action
- proceduresSet methods for tasks
standards · guidelines · requirements · specifications · statutes · ordinances · bylaws · codes · regulations · provisions
smothering
Depriving of air
- stranglingCompressing throat to suffocate
- chokingBlocked airway condition
- hamperingInterfering with progress
- Control Issuesmicromanage, control freak, helicopter parenting, obsessive, compulsive
- bureaucracybureaucracy, bureaucrat, bureaucrats, red tape, civil service
overregulationderegulation
Removing governmental business restrictions
laissez-faire · decontrol · liberalization · self-regulation · free market
overregulationlaissez-faire
Noninterference in commerce
free enterprise · economic freedom · privatization · neoliberalism · free market