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
Jealousy of officialism forbade ministers to reckon on the consentaneous support even of members of their own way of political thinking, while on the other hand party differences prevented the formation of a strong opposition.
From William the Third by Traill, H. D. (Henry Duff)
He looked round the room defiantly, as if expecting applause for this display of sound common-sense, opposed to the coroner's tiresome officialism.
From The Heart of a Woman by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
She spoke slowly and precisely, and there was a smack of college about her, a scholastic officialism of manner that raised a barrier of reserve between herself and her pupils, difficult to cross.
From The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life by Brazil, Angela
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