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
Owing to the binding power of French officialism, "La concession Fran�aise" has never been let or sold to private individuals, and now a Chinese regiment squats on it.
From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Kipling, Rudyard
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
Editors, behind their officialism, are human just like other folks, for they think and they work, they laugh and they play, they marry—just as others do.
From Mr. Punch in Bohemia by Various
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