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Officialese

//ə.fɪ.ʃəˈliːz// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The typical language of officials or official documents; legalistic and pompous language. countable, uncountable

    "These were men, the chronicler continued, who ‘spoke pleasantly’, in the smooth officialese that most of Henry's counsellors were accustomed to deploy […]"

  2. 2
    the style of writing characteristic of some government officials: formal and obscure wordnet

Etymology

From official + -ese.

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