overorganize
verb (used with object)
to stress formal structure, status, rules, and details excessively.
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Apollo, the sun god, stands for the reasoning part of man, drawn toward order, systems, and justice—with the risk, of course, of deadening overorganization.
From Time Magazine Archive
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