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.

Owing to the binding power of French officialism, "La concession Fran�aise" has never been let or sold to private individuals, and now a Chinese regiment squats on it.

From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Kipling, Rudyard

Their dislike was for the British Government and British officialism, which, from their point of view, had driven them to trek from the old colony.

From Tales of South Africa by Bryden, H.A.