BUREAUCRACY

/bjʊəˈɹɒkɹəsi/ Scrabble 20 Words With Friends 24

Definition

  1. noun nonelective government officials. — synonyms: bureaucratism
  2. noun a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials.
  3. noun any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape.

Examples

  • “At that time the administration replaced the system of patronage in the civil service with a bureaucracy.”
  • “The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy. (apocryphal quip)”
  • “The head of the civil service promised to clamp down on bureaucracy.”

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