Usually means: Bureaucracy characterized by excessive officiousness.
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  1. beadledom: Merriam-Webster
  2. beadledom: Collins English Dictionary
  3. beadledom: Wordnik
  4. beadledom: Wiktionary
  5. beadledom: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. beadledom: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. beadledom: Dictionary.com
  8. beadledom: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  Beadles collectively, and their characteristics as a class.
▸ noun:  Stupid or senseless officiousness.

Similar:
Bluebeardism, beggary, bemirement, brindling, baublery, pyebald, British teeth, snipiness, Chippendalism, Heepishness, more...

Opposite:
layperson, non-clergy, non-expert

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Similar:
Bluebeardism, beggary, bemirement, brindling, baublery, pyebald, British teeth, snipiness, Chippendalism, Heepishness, more...

Opposite:
layperson, non-clergy, non-expert



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