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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Officialism

· Of·fi·cial·ism · IPA
01 n. The state of being official; a system of official government; also, adherence to office routine; red-tapism.
  1. 1.
    The state of being official; a system of official government; also, adherence to office routine; red-tapism.
    Officialism may often drift into blunders.” — Smiles.