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
Elsewhere there is undoubtedly much pomp and glitter, for the luxury and lavishness of Russian officialism is too well known to need mention here.
From Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod by P?ter Vay
He was at all times ready to give vent to that antipathy against officialism which is shared by so large a number of Englishmen.
From Dickens English Men of Letters by Sir Adolphus William Ward
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 G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
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