/-dəm; -dəm/
n (fml often derog 文, 常作贬义)
1 [Gp] officials as a group 官员（总称）
*Officialdom will no doubt decide our future. 当官的无疑将决定我们的未来.
2 [U] the ways of doing the business of bureaucracy 官僚作风; 官场
*We suffer from too much officialdom. 我们深受官僚作风之害.

n[U]
government departments or the people who work in them - used when you think they are not helpful
→bureaucracy