Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overlegalization

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-legal-iza-tion
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Excessive legalization.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"“The ability of governments to govern is being compromised by the overlegalization of Israeli society,” said Gidi Grinstein, who runs an independent research center, the Reut Institute."

Etymology

From over- + legalization.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: over

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does overlegalization mean?: Excessive legalization.
Where does overlegalization come from?: From over- + legalization.

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