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

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

It would be a mere matter of Government officialism, and there the affair would end.

From Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion by Mitford, Bertram

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