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officialdom
of·fi·cial·dom [ ə físh'ldəm ]


noun 
Definition:
 
bureaucrats and bureaucracy: bureaucracy and those who work within it, especially when viewed as inefficient or pompous ( informal )
caught up in the red tape of officialdom
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