tapismn.
/ˈteɪpɪz(ə)m/ Official formality or routine; = red-tapism n.
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society > authority > office > [noun] > officialism or bureaucracy
red tape1736
bureaucracy1815
bureauism1829
red-tapery1831
red-tapism1834
officiality1841
functionarism1842
officialism1849
red-tapedom1850
red tapeworm1851
tapism1852
green-ferret1853
officialty1853
paperasserie1856
paperchase1856
paper-chasing1876
departmentalism1886
Whitehallism1915
striped trousers1958
1852 Q. Rev. Mar. 418 There affection bursts the cold priggery of tapeism—she vents her sorrows at his departure.
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n.1852