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

Jealousy of officialism forbade ministers to reckon on the consentaneous support even of members of their own way of political thinking, while on the other hand party differences prevented the formation of a strong opposition.

From William the Third by Traill, H. D. (Henry Duff)

A domiciliary visit from a courteous chief of police, who assured me that an escort was not needed, and re-sealed my passports, was my only contact with Turkish officialism between Erzerum and Trebizond.

From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)

About that there will be something to be said later; but superficially it is true that this degree of officialism is comparatively unique.

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