officialdom

Word family  noun office officer official officialdom officialese officiousness adjective official ≠ unofficial officious verb officiate adverb officially ≠ unofficially officiously

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

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of·fi·cial·dom /əˈfɪʃəldəm/ noun [uncountable]  PGOgovernment departments or the people who work in them – used when you think they are not helpful 官场；官僚〔含贬义〕 → bureaucracy

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officialdom• And officialdom shows disturbing signs of believing the flattery.• Tired of traffic, incorporation spats, breezy officialdom and the dead office air?• Why do we have to be so humiliated by officialdom?• Mr Ueberroth got still less help from officialdom.• He had seen this aspect of officialdom before.• They like to see officialdom and the upper classes getting a kick up the backside.• Dealing with Soviet officialdom one became used to surprises.• It would simply mean that officialdom, and his country, had forgiven him.

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officialdom
of‧fi‧cial‧dom /əˈfɪʃəldəm/ noun [uncountable]government departments or the people who work in them – used when you think they are not helpful ⇨ bureaucracy

of·fi·cial·domBrE /əˈfɪʃldəm/ 🔊NAmE /əˈfɪʃldəm/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (disapproving) people who are in positions of authority in large organizations when they seem to be more interested in following rules than in being helpful 官僚；当官的人