Control freak

A control freak is a person who has an obsessiveneed to control other people or situations. Sometimes a control freak is a bullywho wants power. Often such a person will accuse others of having this character trait when and or if they feel that their poweris in decline or brought into question. Resorting to the use of backhanded complimentsis also an often used strategy or possibly even personality trait among control freaks.

In psychology, and popular psychology understanding and slang, control is the attempt to impose excessive predictability and direction on others or on events, often associated with lack of trust or insecurity, especially in a parent/child, partnership/relationship, manager/project, responsibility/dependency, or boss/subordinate context. In this context the term is a derogatory slang term sometimes used for extreme cases.

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