officialdom

Questions about officialdom

What does officialdom mean?

officialdom means "people elected or appointed to administer a government".

How many syllables are in officialdom?

officialdom has 4 syllables: of-fic-ial-dom. The stress falls on "fic". In IPA it is /əˈfɪʃəldəm/.

What is another word for officialdom?

Close synonyms include government officials. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is officialdom a common word?

officialdom is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.