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

He undertook to restore sanity to Ireland—meaning, of course, Dublin, for officialism did not recognize the provinces—and he guaranteed to bring the Irish Parliament to its senses.

From The Viceroys of Ireland by O'Mahony, Charles

Editors, behind their officialism, are human just like other folks, for they think and they work, they laugh and they play, they marry—just as others do.

From Mr. Punch in Bohemia by Various

I began to lose all self-command, and only by the most strenuous efforts did I prevent myself from heaping reproaches upon him for his cold-blooded officialism.

From By Right of Sword by Marchmont, Arthur W. (Arthur Williams)