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Bureaucracy

Bureaucracy Meaning & Definition
Bureaucracy Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bureaucracy?

[n] nonelective government officials

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bureaucracy: bureaucratism

Related Terms | Find terms related to Bureaucracy: administration | authorities | beadledom | beat | beaten path | bumbledom | bureaucratism | chinoiserie | daily grind | directorate | government | grind | groove | hierarchy | higher echelons | higher-ups | jog trot | management | ministry | official jargon | officialdom | officialism | prelacy | red tape | red-tapeism | red-tapery | round | routine | ruling class | ruling classes | run | rut | squirrel cage | the administration | the authorities | the Establishment | the ingroup | the interests | the people upstairs | the power elite | the power structure | the top | them | they | top brass | track | treadmill | well-worn groove

See Also | civil service | government officials | officialdom | Pentagon

Bureaucracy In Webster's Dictionary

\Bu*reau"cra*cy\, n. [Bureau + Gr. ? to be strong, to govern, ? strength: cf. F. bureaucratie.] 1. 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. Government officials, collectively.

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