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 Persian element, however, except in officialism and the style of building, is not strong, the population being chiefly composed of "Gulf Arabs."

From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)

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

Entering the sphere of Hanoverian officialism in 1788, he settled a few years later at Lilienthal, near Bremen, as "Oberamtmann," or chief magistrate.

From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)