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'''Control''' is used in a variety of [[contexts]] to express "mastery" or "proficiency": e.g. "[[Music]] students attending a master class are expected to have full control of basic skills such as [[rhythm]] and [[pitch]]" and more generally an ability to [[purpose]]fully direct (including suppression of) [[change]].
'''verb'''
==Etymology==
Middle English countrollen, from Anglo-French contrerouler, from contreroule copy of an account, audit, from Medieval Latin contrarotulus, from Latin contra- + Medieval Latin rotulus roll — more at roll
*Date: 15th century
==Definitions==
*1 a archaic : to check, test, or verify by evidence or experiments
:b : to incorporate suitable controls in <a controlled experiment>
*2 a : to exercise restraining or directing influence over : regulate
:b : to have power over : rule
:c : to reduce the incidence or severity of especially to innocuous levels <control an insect population> <control a disease>
intransitive verb
: to incorporate controls in an experiment or study —used with for <control for socioeconomic differences>
synonyms see conduct
==Vernacular==
In psychology-related [[slang]], '''''control freak''''' is a derogatory term for a [[person]] who attempts to dictate how everything around them is done. It can also refer to someone with a limited [[number]] of [[things]] that they want done a specific way.
In some cases, the control freak sees their constant intervention as beneficial or even necessary; this can be caused by [[feelings]] of superiority, believing that others are incapable of handling matters properly, or the [[fear]] that [[things]] will go wrong if they don't attend to every detail. In other cases, they may simply enjoy the feeling of [[power]] it gives them so much that they [[automatic]]ally try to gain control of everything around them.
[[Category: General Reference]]
'''Control''' is used in a variety of [[contexts]] to express "mastery" or "proficiency": e.g. "[[Music]] students attending a master class are expected to have full control of basic skills such as [[rhythm]] and [[pitch]]" and more generally an ability to [[purpose]]fully direct (including suppression of) [[change]].
'''verb'''
==Etymology==
Middle English countrollen, from Anglo-French contrerouler, from contreroule copy of an account, audit, from Medieval Latin contrarotulus, from Latin contra- + Medieval Latin rotulus roll — more at roll
*Date: 15th century
==Definitions==
*1 a archaic : to check, test, or verify by evidence or experiments
:b : to incorporate suitable controls in <a controlled experiment>
*2 a : to exercise restraining or directing influence over : regulate
:b : to have power over : rule
:c : to reduce the incidence or severity of especially to innocuous levels <control an insect population> <control a disease>
intransitive verb
: to incorporate controls in an experiment or study —used with for <control for socioeconomic differences>
synonyms see conduct
==Vernacular==
In psychology-related [[slang]], '''''control freak''''' is a derogatory term for a [[person]] who attempts to dictate how everything around them is done. It can also refer to someone with a limited [[number]] of [[things]] that they want done a specific way.
In some cases, the control freak sees their constant intervention as beneficial or even necessary; this can be caused by [[feelings]] of superiority, believing that others are incapable of handling matters properly, or the [[fear]] that [[things]] will go wrong if they don't attend to every detail. In other cases, they may simply enjoy the feeling of [[power]] it gives them so much that they [[automatic]]ally try to gain control of everything around them.
[[Category: General Reference]]