[U] (disapproving) people who are in positions of authority in large organizations when they seem to be more interested in following rules than in being helpful:
The report is critical of attempts by officialdom to deal with the problem of homelessness.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is officialdom a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, officialdom is tagged as noun.
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