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OFFICIALESE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The style of writing characteristic of some government officials: formal and obscure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("officialese" is a kind of...):
expressive style; style (a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period)