Etymology
Origin of officialism
Example Sentences
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What is inhuman in modern life is officialism.
From Slate • Jun. 16, 2018
It is the result in our days of stereotyped systems, of hard-and-fast rules, of centralization, of officialism, and of irresponsible authority.
From Slate • Jun. 16, 2018
One feels sure he would be of that forlorn hope of civilization that carries on a sporadic and ineffective war against officialism and militarism on the one hand, and puritanism and superstition on the other.
From Pot-Boilers by Bell, Clive
Their dislike was for the British Government and British officialism, which, from their point of view, had driven them to trek from the old colony.
From Tales of South Africa by Bryden, H.A.
About that there will be something to be said later; but superficially it is true that this degree of officialism is comparatively unique.
From What I Saw in America by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
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