functionarismn.
/ˈfʌŋ(k)ʃ(ə)nərɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈfəŋ(k)ʃ(ə)nəˌrɪz(ə)m/ Now rare.
Administration, esp. of the state, by functionaries; bureaucracy, officialism.Usually with pejorative connotation.
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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).
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