"officialdom" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ə.ˈfɪ.ʃəl.dəm/ Forms: officialdoms [plural]
enPR: ə-fĭʹ-shəl-dəm Rhymes: -ɪʃəldəm Etymology: official + -dom Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|official|dom}} official + -dom Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} officialdom (countable and uncountable, plural officialdoms)
  1. The people elected to government or employed in the civil service. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (The people elected to government or employed in the civil service): чиновничество (činovničestvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), fonctionnariat [masculine] (French), ჩინოვნიკობა (činovniḳoba) (Georgian), 벼슬 (byeoseul) (Korean), 관직 (gwanjik) (alt: 官職) (Korean), чиновничество (činovničestvo) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-officialdom-en-noun-AuOzJSMU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -dom

Inflected forms

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        {
          "ref": "1960 June 10, Walt Kelly, Pogo, comic strip, page 153",
          "text": "[Magazine staffer:] In the bag may be the next chief—a wedding to one of officialdom's family will assure certainty.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "The people elected to government or employed in the civil service."
      ],
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          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "činovničestvo",
          "sense": "The people elected to government or employed in the civil service",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "чиновничество"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "The people elected to government or employed in the civil service",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fonctionnariat"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "činovniḳoba",
          "sense": "The people elected to government or employed in the civil service",
          "word": "ჩინოვნიკობა"
        },
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "byeoseul",
          "sense": "The people elected to government or employed in the civil service",
          "word": "벼슬"
        },
        {
          "alt": "官職",
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          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gwanjik",
          "sense": "The people elected to government or employed in the civil service",
          "word": "관직"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "činovničestvo",
          "sense": "The people elected to government or employed in the civil service",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        }
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      "ipa": "/ə.ˈfɪ.ʃəl.dəm/"
    },
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    {
      "enpr": "ə-fĭʹ-shəl-dəm"
    }
  ],
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          "ref": "1960 June 10, Walt Kelly, Pogo, comic strip, page 153",
          "text": "[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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      ],
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "činovničestvo",
      "sense": "The people elected to government or employed in the civil service",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "чиновничество"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "The people elected to government or employed in the civil service",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fonctionnariat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "činovniḳoba",
      "sense": "The people elected to government or employed in the civil service",
      "word": "ჩინოვნიკობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "byeoseul",
      "sense": "The people elected to government or employed in the civil service",
      "word": "벼슬"
    },
    {
      "alt": "官職",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gwanjik",
      "sense": "The people elected to government or employed in the civil service",
      "word": "관직"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "činovničestvo",
      "sense": "The people elected to government or employed in the civil service",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "чиновничество"
    }
  ],
  "word": "officialdom"
}

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