Meaning Of The Word Bureaucracy

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Bureaucracy Meaning

Bureaucracy Definition
Bureaucracy Definition

What's The Definition Of Bureaucracy?

bureaucracy
A bureaucracy is an administrative system operated by a large number of officials.
uncountable noun: Bureaucracy refers to all the rules and procedures followed by government departments and similar organizations, especially when you think that these are complicated and cause long delays.

bureaucracy in American English
the administration of government through departments and subdivisions managed by sets of appointed officials following an inflexible routine
noun: government by many bureaus, administrators, and petty officials

bureaucracy in British English
noun: a system of administration based upon organization into bureaus, division of labour, a hierarchy of authority, etc: designed to dispose of a large body of work in a routine manner

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