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单词 red-tapedom
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red-tapedomn.

Brit. /ˌrɛd ˈteɪpdəm/, U.S. /ˌrɛd ˈteɪpdəm/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: red tape n., -dom suffix.
Etymology: < red tape n. + -dom suffix. Compare earlier red-tapery n., red-tapism n.
rare.
Excessive bureaucracy; the people or practices associated with this.
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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
1850 Times 31 Aug. 4/4 Mr. Carlyle has, we know, denounced red-tapedom in all its forms.
1965 M. B. Tolson Harlem Gallery (1969) 91 Zola, Renoir, Degas, Gauguin, Van Gogh, and Rodin hailed Cezanne; but vox populi and red-tapedom remained as silent as spectators in a court when the crier repeats three times, 'Oyez!'
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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