officialism

Example Sentences

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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

He was at all times ready to give vent to that antipathy against officialism which is shared by so large a number of Englishmen.

From Dickens English Men of Letters by Ward, Adolphus William, Sir

The mikado gradually became lost to view behind a screen of officialism, which hid the throne.

From Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles

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.