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[ uh -fish -uh -liz-uh m ] SHOW IPA
/ əˈfɪʃ əˌlɪz əm / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun excessive attention to official regulations and routines.
official methods or systems.
officials collectively.
Origin of officialism First recorded in 1855–60; official + -ism
Words nearby officialism official, officialdom, officialese, official family, official formula, officialism , officialize, officially, Official Receiver, Official Referee, Official Solicitor
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Example sentences from the Web for officialism But they would not be bound up in the red-tape of officialism , and would have the fullest rights and powers of initiation.
Garden Cities of To-Morrow | Ebenezer Howard
Yet the conscientious tradition of Prussian officialism accomplished much in the way of administrative reform.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 | Various
Mr. Perkins seemed to have found another illustration of public ignorance, and recognised his duty as a missionary of officialism .
This aristocracy of officialism forms the second of the new strata which will come to light.
The New Society | Walther Rathenau
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Words related to officialism bureaucracy, rite, ritual, procedure, red tape, ceremony, stereotype, form, service, solemnity, rule, liturgy, rubric, tradition, gesture, conventionality, academism, authority, city hall, government