Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

officialism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
of-fi-cial-ism
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The rigid, perfunctory and literal adherence to official duties and regulations

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Officials collectively

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English official Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English officialism From official + -ism.

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Questions

What does officialism mean?
The rigid, perfunctory and literal adherence to official duties and regulations
Where does officialism come from?
Etymology tree English official Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English officialism From official + -ism.

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