nannying

nannying
[[t]næ̱niɪŋ[/t]]
1) N-UNCOUNT Nannying is the job of being a nanny. [mainly BRIT]

...low-paid jobs such as nannying.

2) N-UNCOUNT (disapproval) If you refer to activities such as helping and advising people as nannying, you disapprove of these activities because you think that they are protecting people too much. [mainly BRIT]

...governmental nannying and interference in markets.

Syn:
mollycoddling

English dictionary. 2008.

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