Officialism

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Officialism \Of*fi"cial*ism\, n.
     The state of being official; a system of official government;
     also, adherence to office routine; red-tapism.
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           Officialism may often drift into blunders. --Smiles.


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