officialdom

[ uh-fish-uh l-duh m ]

/ əˈfɪʃ əl dəm /

the class or entire body of officials; officials as a whole.

the position or domain of officials.

Origin of officialdom

First recorded in 1860–65; official + -dom

And anti-corruption campaigners say that little has changed in certain parts of Ukrainian officialdom since the revolution.

Corruption Eats Away at Ukraine Military |Charles McPhedran |October 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Try standing up to officialdom with that amount of cleavage brandished at you.

Ukraine’s Pro-Putin Rebels Prepare for a Last Stand |David Patrikarakos |July 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Their hero died young in a car crash in 1990 at age 28, but his spirit lived on without any threat from Russian officialdom.

The Kremlin's Rock 'n Roll Revisionism |Anna Nemtsova |April 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The inaccuracies from Israeli officialdom didn't cease either.

Blame America First—And Only |Ali Gharib |December 5, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

Good luck with that once your origins are an open book to officialdom.

Big Brother Invades Your Genes |Walter Olson |June 4, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
It was Francis, with his knowledge of officialdom, who had prompted Zephirine to make this set upon Louise.

Eve and David |Honore de Balzac
In consequence he showed an almost physical horror of club sentiment and of the stifling atmosphere of all officialdom.

Character and Opinion in the United States |David Goodger (goodger@python.org)
We are held fast in the toils of officialdom and red tape, and too rude a shock would be needed to set us free.

The Kingdom of God is Within You |Count Leo Tolstoy
Genius was all in all for us—officialdom and conventionality in general were unpopular in Freshwater.

Tennyson and His Friends |Various
Just why a distinction should be made between steamers and gasolines is for officialdom to tell.

The houseboat book |William F. Waugh

officialdom

/ (əˈfɪʃəldəm) /

the outlook or behaviour of officials, esp those rigidly adhering to regulations; bureaucracy

officials or bureaucrats collectively