officialism
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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
He undertook to restore sanity to Ireland—meaning, of course, Dublin, for officialism did not recognize the provinces—and he guaranteed to bring the Irish Parliament to its senses.
From The Viceroys of Ireland by Charles O'Mahony
It has published its conclusions in memoranda, stripped bare of officialism, so as to reveal with frankness facts acquired by scientists in touch with reality.
From The Woman's Part A Record of Munitions Work by L. K. Yates
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 Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
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