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Meaning of Officialdom | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
əˈfɪ.ʃəl.dəm

Definitions

  1. The people elected to government or employed in the civil service.
  2. The state of being official

Equivalents

Examples

“[Magazine staffer:] In the bag may be the next chief—a wedding to one of officialdom's family will assure certainty.”
“Nevertheless Armenian leaders at first retained faith in the reform agenda of the Porte, ascribing their ills to incompetent officialdom and Kurdish lawlessness.”
“An enormous amount of off-book money sloshes around Chinese business and officialdom, and some of it runs into handbags.”
“This was largely due to its widespread use in the army and officialdom in the Ottoman Empire.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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