Etymology
Origin of officialism
Example Sentences
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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
What is inhuman in modern life is officialism.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2018
It is not to deny that American officialism is rather peculiar on this point, but to inquire what it really is which makes America peculiar, or which is peculiar to America.
From What I Saw in America by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
I began to lose all self-command, and only by the most strenuous efforts did I prevent myself from heaping reproaches upon him for his cold-blooded officialism.
From By Right of Sword by Marchmont, Arthur W. (Arthur Williams)
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.
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