officialese in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for officialese in the English»French Dictionary

officialese [Brit əfɪʃəˈliːz, Am əˌfɪʃəˈliz] N pej

officialese

jargon m administratif

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jargon administratif

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officialese in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for officialese in the English»French Dictionary

officialese [əˌfɪʃəˈli:z] N no pl Am

officialese

jargon m administratif

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prose administrative pej

officialese

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And our officialese on secular values is jaded to the point of becoming utterly hollow and impact-less.

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There was no attempt at covering up the identity of the new owners for there it was, registered in officialese.

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Officialese or bureaucratese term for language that sounds official.

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At one point earlier this month the levels even burst the 500 barrier, recorded in deadpan officialese as "beyond index" or, in more colourful parlance as "crazy bad".

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Several similar concepts to officialese exist, including "genteelism", "commercialese", "academese" and "journalese".

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Shorn of officialese, it is a loan waiver; and loan waivers are granted to individuals or institutions in extreme financial distress -- something not to go to town about.

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Officialese is meant to impress the listener (or reader) and increase the authority (more than the social status) of the user, making him or her appear more professional.

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Occasionally, officialese creeps into the prose style, with expressions such as "survival skills".

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The history of officialese can be traced to the history of officialdom, as far back as the eldest human civilizations and their surviving official writings.

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Officialese has been criticized as making one's speech or prose stilted, convoluted, and sometimes even indecipherable and simply as the cancer of language.

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