0 used to refer to those people who have a position of authority, especially in government, usually when they are preventing you from doing what you want to do or are slow or not effective
1 used to refer to people who have a position of authority, especially in a government, usually when they are preventing you from doing what you want to do, or are slow or not effective:
They accused regulatory officialdom of hampering their business by imposing too many petty conditions.
Despite this air of officialdom in the presentation, not all are obsequious accounts.
Their experiences during communist times make them reluctant to speak openly about officialdom.
In old age they seldom contact officialdom, whether the social services or their consulate, and look only occasionally for advice or help from immigrant associations.
It expects parliaments to investigate officialdom, oppose or improve bad laws and get better value for taxpayers' money.
The way officialdom scrutinises what direct payments users do with their money combines both a bureau-paternalist and laissez-faire approach.
It is this elite officialdom that appears tantamount to being the state.
Interest is by no means confined to officialdom.
What was the social impact of the spread of print, particularly as texts were disseminated to levels of the population outside the ranks of officialdom and the highest scholar-elite?
