red-tapismn.

Brit.

/rɛdˈteɪpɪz(ə)m/, U.S.

/ˌrɛdˈteɪpɪz(ə)m/

Forms: 1800s– red-tapeism, 1800s– red-tapism.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: red tape n., -ism suffix.

Etymology: < red tape n. + -ism suffix. Compare slightly earlier red-tapery n., red-tapist n.

Behaviour, practices, or attitudes associated with an excessive adherence to official rules and formalities; red tape.

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

1834 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 28 June 323 The mysteries of ‘red-tapeism’.

1858 J. B. Norton Topics for Indian Statesmen 79 There appears to have prevailed the usual red-tapeism and circumlocution.

1882 M. Williams Leaves of Life (1890) II. 296 Was there ever a greater piece of red-tapism than the letter which has been read from the Home Office?

1909 Q. Rev. Apr. 671 The red-tapism of Austrian bureaucracy.

1972 Mainichi Daily News 6 Nov. 4/7 (heading) Pandas break red tapism.

2003 V. Y. Hookoomsing in B. Parekh et al. Culture & Econ. in Indian Diaspora i. 22 State-based or state-sponsored mechanisms are by their very nature clogged down with bureaucracy and red-tapism.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	red-tapism
释义	red-tapismn. Brit. /rɛdˈteɪpɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌrɛdˈteɪpɪz(ə)m/ Forms: 1800s– red-tapeism, 1800s– red-tapism. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: red tape n., -ism suffix. Etymology: < red tape n. + -ism suffix. Compare slightly earlier red-tapery n., red-tapist n. Behaviour, practices, or attitudes associated with an excessive adherence to official rules and formalities; red tape. 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 1834 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 28 June 323 The mysteries of ‘red-tapeism’. 1858 J. B. Norton Topics for Indian Statesmen 79 There appears to have prevailed the usual red-tapeism and circumlocution. 1882 M. Williams Leaves of Life (1890) II. 296 Was there ever a greater piece of red-tapism than the letter which has been read from the Home Office? 1909 Q. Rev. Apr. 671 The red-tapism of Austrian bureaucracy. 1972 Mainichi Daily News 6 Nov. 4/7 (heading) Pandas break red tapism. 2003 V. Y. Hookoomsing in B. Parekh et al. Culture & Econ. in Indian Diaspora i. 22 State-based or state-sponsored mechanisms are by their very nature clogged down with bureaucracy and red-tapism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1834
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