What is the state of being official; a system of official government; also, adherence to office routine; red-tapism. Officialism may often drift into blunders. Smiles called?
officialism — The state of being official; a system of official government; also, adherence to office routine; red-tapism. Officialism may often drift into blunders. Smiles. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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