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Bumbledom

//ˈbʌmbl̩dm̩// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    bureaucracy; mannerisms characteristic of pompous, arrogant or pretentious officials. countable, uncountable

    "With the meekness went a strain of mild obstinacy exquisitely calculated to infuriate the self-important bumbledom of that time, as when the Friends refused to remove their hats before the Court that was to try them."

Etymology

From Mr. Bumble, a character in Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, + -dom.

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