"officialdom" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /əˈfɪ.ʃəl.dəm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-officialdom.wav Forms: officialdoms [plural]
enPR: ə-fĭʹ-shəl-dəm Rhymes: -ɪʃəldəm Etymology: From official + -dom. Etymology templates: {{af|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)

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1960 October 6, Walt Kelly, Pogo, comic strip, →ISBN, page 153:",
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        },
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          "elect",
          "elect"
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          "government"
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          "employ",
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          "civil service",
          "civil service"
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      "enpr": "ə-fĭʹ-shəl-dəm"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɪʃəldəm"
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          "elect",
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          "employ",
          "employ"
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          "civil service",
          "civil service"
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      "roman": "činovničestvo",
      "sense": "The people elected to government or employed in the civil service",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "чиновничество"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "byeoseul",
      "sense": "The people elected to government or employed in the civil service",
      "word": "벼슬"
    },
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      "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",
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      ],
      "word": "чиновничество"
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}

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