Officialism
[ә'fiʃәlizm]
Definition
(n.) The state of being official; a system of official government; also, adherence to office routine; red-tapism.
Editor: Thea
Examples
- He succeeded, where Taft failed, in preventing that drought of invention which officialism brings. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- So Rome, until disaster fell upon her, never examined into her own social health, never questioned the ultimate value of her hard officialism. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Editor: Thea