单词 | functionarism |
释义 | functionarismn. Now rare. Administration, esp. of the state, by functionaries; bureaucracy, officialism.Usually with pejorative connotation. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > [noun] > officialism or bureaucracy red tape1736 bureaucracy1815 bureauism1829 red-tapery1831 red-tapism1834 officiality1841 functionarism1842 officialism1849 red-tapedom1850 red tapeworm1851 tapism1852 green-ferret1853 officialty1853 paperasserie1856 paperchase1856 paper-chasing1876 departmentalism1886 Whitehallism1915 striped trousers1958 1842 S. Laing Notes of Traveller iii. 63 Aristocracy is succeeded by functionarism as a state power [in Germany]. 1850 H. Martineau Hist. Eng. during 30 Years' Peace II. iv. xiii. 172 By a rapid and perpetual extension of functionarism..he was casting a net over France. 1880 Contemp. Rev. Mar. 432 Functionarism is one of the most characteristic phenomena in Germany. 1926 Fortn. Rev. Sept. 328 Functionarism has become a menace. The number of civil servants has increased to an alarming degree since the war. 2000 ELH 67 164 The activities of medical professionals smack of unnaturalness and foreign interference, dependence, and functionarism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1842 |
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