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 description of the intrigue and officialism, the perpetual panic in which the foreign professors at the university lived, given by Hearn in a letter to Ellwood Hendrik, is extremely funny.

From Lafcadio Hearn by Kennard, Nina H.

Knowing as I did so well the usual methods of German officialism, the Baron's treatment was incomprehensible; and rack my wits as I would, I could not hit on a clue to explain it.

From The Man Without a Memory by Marchmont, Arthur W. (Arthur Williams)

You can have no conception of how far the officialism goes till you see it.

From Letters from China and Japan by Dewey, John