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1. (n.) bureaucracy
government by a rigid hierarchy of bureaus, administrators, and petty officials.
2. bureaucracy
a body of officials and administrators, esp. in a government.
3. bureaucracy
excessive multiplication of, and concentration of power in, bureaus or administrators.
4. bureaucracy
administration characterized by excessive red tape and routine.
Etymology: (1810–20; < F bureaucratie; see -cracy)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) bureaucracy, bureaucratism
nonelective government officials
2. (noun) bureaucracy
a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials
3. (noun) bureaucracy
any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape
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1. (noun) bureaucracy
to burden sb with sth
complicated rules
The process slowed down because of bureaucracy.
2. bureaucracy
a system of government with work divided into strict categories
***a bureaucracy without a leader; bureaucratic barriers to progress
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) bureaucracy
a system of carrying on the business of government by means of departments or bureaus, each under the control of a chief, in contradiction to a system in which the officers of government have an associated authority and responsibility; also, government conducted on this system
2. (noun) bureaucracy
government officials, collectively
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Sense: a system of government by officials working for a government.
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 Afrikaans: burokrasie |
 Arabic: البيروقراطيه: حُكْمُ المو |
 Bulgarian: бюрокрация |
 Brazilian: burocracia |
 Czech: byrokracie |
 German: die Beamtenschaft |
 Danish: bureaukrati; embedsmandsv |
 Greek: γραφειοκρατία (ως σύστημα |
 Spanish: burocracia |
 Estonian: bürokraatia |
 Farsi: دی |
 Finnish: byrokratia |
 French: bureaucratie |
 Hebrew: בִּירוֹקְרַטיָה |
 Hindi: नौकरशाही |
 Croatian: birokracija |
 Hungarian: közigazgatás |
 Indonesian: birokrasi |
 Icelandic: embættismannakerfi, skrif |
 Italian: burocrazia |
 Japanese: 官僚政治 |
 Korean: 관료제 |
 Lithuanian: valdininkija, biurokratij |
 Latvian: birokrātisms |
 Malay: sistem birokrasi |
 Dutch: bureaucratie |
 Norwegian: byråkrati, embetsmannsvel |
 Polish: biurokracja |
 Persian: دی |
 Pashto: بیوروکراسی |
 Portuguese: burocracia |
 Romanian: birocraţie |
 Russian: бюрократия |
 Slovak: byrokracia |
 Slovenian: birokracija |
 Serbian: birokratija |
 Swedish: byråkrati |
 Thai: ระบบบริหารที่มีข้าราชการ |
 Turkish: bürokrasi, kırtasiyecilik |
 Taiwanese: 官僚體制 |
 Ukrainian: бюрократизм |
 Urdu: اہلکاروں پر مبنی سرکاری ن |
 Vietnamese: bộ máy hành chính quan li |
 Chinese: 官僚体制 |
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