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
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 H.A. Bryden
It was a brutal formality, but perfectly characteristic of Siberian officialism.
From The Angel of the Revolution A Tale of the Coming Terror by George Chetwynd Griffith
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 H. D. (Henry Duff) Traill
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