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officialese
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun officialese has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
officialese, n.
the formal and often obscure style of writing characteristic of some government officials; bureaucratese; -- it is characterized by euphemisms, circumlocutions, vague abstractions, and circumlocutions. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
officialese, n. derog. the formal precise language characteristic of official documents.
THESAURUS
officialese
Varietyese, Wall Streetese, Washingtonese, bunkum, business English, businessese, cinemese, collegese, commercialism, computerese, economese, federalese, gobbledygook, journalese, legalese, medical Greek, medicalese, newspaperese, official jargon, pedagese, political doubletalk, pussyfooting, shoptalk, societyese, sociologese, stagese, telegraphese
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