On this page you'll find 4 example sentences with Officialese. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as style and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Officialese in a sentence
Officialese meaning
The typical language of officials or official documents; legalistic and pompous language.
Synonyms of Officialese
Using Officialese
- The main meaning on this page is: The typical language of officials or official documents; legalistic and pompous language.
- Useful related words include: expressive style, style.
Context around Officialese
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Officialese
- In this selection, "officialese" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 30.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, term, terms and finnish stand out and add context to how "officialese" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include examples of officialese with modern and of finnish officialese. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "officialese" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with officialese
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Other terms and usage further The terms officialese or bureaucratese refer to language used by officials or authorities. (18 words)
Dickens, Chapter 10 By the 1880s the term "officialese" was in use, defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as, "The formal and typically verbose language considered characteristic of officials or official documents". (32 words)
This type of expression is considered prescriptively incorrect, but it may be found wherever direct translations from Swedish, English, etc. are made, especially in legal texts, and has traditionally been a typical feature of Finnish "officialese". (36 words)
He praised Fraser for replacing Gowers's dated examples of officialese with modern specimens and updating the text to reflect current trends, but concluded: The Fraser edition was reprinted in hardback three times between 1973 and 1983. (37 words)
This type of expression is considered prescriptively incorrect, but it may be found wherever direct translations from Swedish, English, etc. are made, especially in legal texts, and has traditionally been a typical feature of Finnish "officialese". (36 words)
Dickens, Chapter 10 By the 1880s the term "officialese" was in use, defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as, "The formal and typically verbose language considered characteristic of officials or official documents". (32 words)
Example sentences (4)
Dickens, Chapter 10 By the 1880s the term "officialese" was in use, defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as, "The formal and typically verbose language considered characteristic of officials or official documents".
He praised Fraser for replacing Gowers's dated examples of officialese with modern specimens and updating the text to reflect current trends, but concluded: The Fraser edition was reprinted in hardback three times between 1973 and 1983.
Other terms and usage further The terms officialese or bureaucratese refer to language used by officials or authorities.
This type of expression is considered prescriptively incorrect, but it may be found wherever direct translations from Swedish, English, etc. are made, especially in legal texts, and has traditionally been a typical feature of Finnish "officialese".