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
All this, however, did not make it easier for Hearn; in spite of his admiration for Japanese gallantry he railed at Japanese officialism.
From Lafcadio Hearn by Kennard, Nina H.
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)
Entering the sphere of Hanoverian officialism in 1788, he settled a few years later at Lilienthal, near Bremen, as "Oberamtmann," or chief magistrate.
From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)
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