bureaucracy

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noun

1. nonelective government officials (Freq. 6)
• Syn:
bureaucratism
• Derivationally related forms:
bureaucratic
• Hypernyms:
government officials, officialdom
• Hyponyms:
Pentagon
• Member Meronyms:
civil service
2. a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials
• Derivationally related forms:
bureaucratic
• Hypernyms:
government, authorities, regime
3. any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape
• Derivationally related forms:
bureaucratic
• Hypernyms:
organization, organisation