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Meaning
Noun
●
Government by
bureaus
or their
administrators
or officers.
●
In Business:
A system of
administration
based upon
organisation
into
bureaus
,
division of labour
, a
hierarchy
of
authority
, etc;
designed
to
dispose of
a large
body of work
in a
routine
manner.
●
The body of
officers
and
administrators
, especially of a government.
⚠️
Excessive
red tape
and
routine
in any
administration
, body or behaviour.
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Origin
bureaucracy
English
-cracy
English
bureau
English
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Etym
Synonyms
Papyrocracy
Bureaucratie
Bureau-Ocracy
Burocracy
Bureaucratism
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Bureaucratic
Inefficiency
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Institution
Monarchy
Institutions
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Politics
Regulation
Leadership
Regime
Decentralization
Military
State
Administrative
Legislature
Accountability
Hierarchies
Politicization
Dictatorship
Organization
Paperwork
Capitalism
Red Tape
Civil Service
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Welfare State
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