officialism
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
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
Yet the conscientious tradition of Prussian officialism accomplished much in the way of administrative reform.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" by Various
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
