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

The description of the intrigue and officialism, the perpetual panic in which the foreign professors at the university lived, given by Hearn in a letter to Ellwood Hendrik, is extremely funny.

From Lafcadio Hearn by Kennard, Nina H.

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 Traill, H. D. (Henry Duff)

Even officialism burst its bonds for a moment as it records the deed: Lance-Corporal O'Leary thus practically captured the enemy's position by himself, and prevented the rest of the attacking party from being fired on.

From Lest We Forget World War Stories by Bigwood, Inez