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 history of this meeting ending in the so-called "Manchester" or "Peterloo massacre," has been strongly coloured by party spirit and sympathy with the victims of reckless demagogy no less than of blundering officialism.
From The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) by George C. (George Charles) Brodrick
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 Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
The Government officials of the morning were there, but the officialism was gone.
From Things as They Are Mission Work in Southern India by Amy Carmichael
