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[ uh -fish -uh l-duh m ] SHOW IPA
/ əˈfɪʃ əl dəm / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun the class or entire body of officials; officials as a whole.
the position or domain of officials.
Origin of officialdom First recorded in 1860–65; official + -dom
Words nearby officialdom officer of the deck, officer of the guard, officer of the watch, office seeker, official, officialdom , officialese, official family, official formula, officialism, officialize
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Example sentences from the Web for officialdom And anti-corruption campaigners say that little has changed in certain parts of Ukrainian officialdom since the revolution.
Corruption Eats Away at Ukraine Military | Charles McPhedran| October 21, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Try standing up to officialdom with that amount of cleavage brandished at you.
Ukraine’s Pro-Putin Rebels Prepare for a Last Stand | David Patrikarakos| July 10, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Their hero died young in a car crash in 1990 at age 28, but his spirit lived on without any threat from Russian officialdom .
The Kremlin's Rock 'n Roll Revisionism | Anna Nemtsova| April 27, 2014| DAILY BEAST
The inaccuracies from Israeli officialdom didn't cease either.
Blame America First—And Only | Ali Gharib| December 5, 2013| DAILY BEAST
Good luck with that once your origins are an open book to officialdom .
Big Brother Invades Your Genes | Walter Olson| June 4, 2013| DAILY BEAST
It was Francis, with his knowledge of officialdom , who had prompted Zephirine to make this set upon Louise.
Eve and David | Honore de Balzac
In consequence he showed an almost physical horror of club sentiment and of the stifling atmosphere of all officialdom .
Character and Opinion in the United States | David Goodger (goodger@python.org)
We are held fast in the toils of officialdom and red tape, and too rude a shock would be needed to set us free.
The Kingdom of God is Within You | Count Leo Tolstoy
Genius was all in all for us—officialdom and conventionality in general were unpopular in Freshwater.
Tennyson and His Friends | Various
Just why a distinction should be made between steamers and gasolines is for officialdom to tell.
The houseboat book | William F. Waugh
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British Dictionary definitions for officialdom noun the outlook or behaviour of officials, esp those rigidly adhering to regulations; bureaucracy
officials or bureaucrats collectively
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Words related to officialdom bureaucracy, management, ministry, administration, authority, red tape, civil service, government, directorate, officials, city hall, officialism, powers that be, the system, beadledom