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Bureaucracy meaning

What does “bureaucracy” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“bureaucracy” is a noun with 3 meanings. Its most common meaning is: nonelective government officials.

bureaucracy

noun

  1. nonelective government officials

    Synonymsbureaucratism

  2. a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials

  3. any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University

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