单词 | red-tapedom |
释义 | red-tapedomn. rare. Excessive bureaucracy; the people or practices associated with this. 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 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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