officialdom (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *officialdom*:
NOUN	group	officialdom, government officials	people elected or appointed to administer a government

officialdom > pronunciation
Sounds	ahfih'shahldahm
Rhymes	abolitionism ... zirconium: 557 rhymes with ahm...

English > *officialdom*: 1 sense > noun 1, group
Meaning	People elected or appointed to administer a government.
Synonym	government officials
Member of	government, authorities, regime	The organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
Narrower	bureaucracy, bureaucratism	nonelective government officials
Narrower	civil service	government workers
Broader	administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisation	The persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
Spanish	administración, burocracia
Catalan	administració
Nouns	official	a worker who holds or is invested with an office

HyperDic: officialdom