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I . official [əˈfıʃəl] N

II . official [əˈfıʃəl] ADJ

officiate [əˈfıʃıeıt] VB trans

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officious [əˈfıʃəs] ADJ

office lady N

unofficial [ˌʌnəˈfıʃəl] ADJ

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Those in academia or officialdom have distinctive gowns (known as "shangfu" in court dress terms).
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The novel, a social satire that showed the limits of the old elite and officialdom, was an immediate success.
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Petty local officialdom and state authority were held in general disregard, a phenomenon accentuated by the remoteness of the mountain settlements.
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Through alleged personal connections throughout officialdom, she continued business throughout the 1930s and 40s despite frequent police raids and a mass of minor convictions.
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Adherents to these faithes could then enter officialdom and parliament.
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It was during this period that he was involved in several clashes with officialdom.
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With the advent of modernity (science, technology, industrial revolution), the mechanistic overtook the organic, and the officialdom no longer came to join in festive-carnival.
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It is the language of officialdom.
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The influence of this tradition is so strong that even officialdom ignores the number 41.
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As changes occurred, skepticism over "perestroika" and privatisation was not limited to high-level government officialdom.
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