[Magazine staffer:] In the bag may be the next chief—a wedding to one of officialdom's family will assure certainty.
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Officialdom
/əˈfɪ.ʃəl.dəm/
Synonyms for "officialdom" (43 found)
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Noun(4 words)
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Noun(3 words)
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6 entriesculture of officialdominfluence of officialdomofficialdom structureofficialdom systempower of officialdomwithin officialdom
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Nevertheless Armenian leaders at first retained faith in the reform agenda of the Porte, ascribing their ills to incompetent officialdom and Kurdish lawlessness.
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An enormous amount of off-book money sloshes around Chinese business and officialdom, and some of it runs into handbags.
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This was largely due to its widespread use in the army and officialdom in the Ottoman Empire.
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