officialism

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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

It is not to deny that American officialism is rather peculiar on this point, but to inquire what it really is which makes America peculiar, or which is peculiar to America.

From What I Saw in America by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

I began to lose all self-command, and only by the most strenuous efforts did I prevent myself from heaping reproaches upon him for his cold-blooded officialism.

From By Right of Sword by Marchmont, Arthur W. (Arthur Williams)

He undertook to restore sanity to Ireland—meaning, of course, Dublin, for officialism did not recognize the provinces—and he guaranteed to bring the Irish Parliament to its senses.

From The Viceroys of Ireland by O'Mahony, Charles