officialdom

[uh-fish-uhl-duhm] / əˈfɪʃ əl dəm /

NOUN

bureaucracy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

administration authority civil service management ministry red tape

STRONG

directorate government officials

WEAK

beadledom city hall powers that be regulatory commission the Establishment the system

NOUN

red tape

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bureaucracy

WEAK

authority bureaucratic paperwork city hall government management official forms official procedures officialism paper shuffling powers that be proper channels regulatory commission the Establishment the system

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Corporate officialdoms," he says, "are helpless and barren—the parties, bureaus, departments, cabinets, commissions—barren because of the inner cancellation of each other's certitudes.

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