Usually means: Formal, often complex bureaucratic language.
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  1. officialese: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. officialese: Merriam-Webster
  3. officialese: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. officialese: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. officialese: Collins English Dictionary
  6. officialese: Vocabulary.com
  7. officialese: Wordnik
  8. officialese: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. officialese: Wiktionary
  10. officialese: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. officialese: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. officialese: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. officialese: Dictionary.com
  14. Officialese: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. officialese: Rhymezone
  16. officialese: FreeDictionary.org
  17. officialese: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. officialese: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  The typical language of officials or official documents; legalistic and pompous language.

Similar:
legalese, formalese, bureaucratese, professionalese, bureaucratspeak, Policespeak, politicianese, politicalspeak, academese, politicese, more...

Opposite:
colloquial, informal, casual, conversational

Adjectives:
soviet, ponderous, british, such, bureaucratic, dry, military, german, english, modern, contemporary

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Similar:
legalese, formalese, bureaucratese, professionalese, bureaucratspeak, Policespeak, politicianese, politicalspeak, academese, politicese, more...

Opposite:
colloquial, informal, casual, conversational

Adjectives:
soviet, ponderous, british, such, bureaucratic, dry, military, german, english, modern, contemporary



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