officialism

Example Sentences

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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 mikado gradually became lost to view behind a screen of officialism, which hid the throne.

From Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles

One feels sure he would be of that forlorn hope of civilization that carries on a sporadic and ineffective war against officialism and militarism on the one hand, and puritanism and superstition on the other.

From Pot-Boilers by Bell, Clive

He looked round the room defiantly, as if expecting applause for this display of sound common-sense, opposed to the coroner's tiresome officialism.

From The Heart of a Woman by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness