bureaucracy

bu·reauc·ra·cy  (by-rkr-s)

n. pl. bu·reauc·ra·cies

1.

a. Administration of a government chiefly through bureaus or departments staffed with nonelected officials.

b. The departments and their officials as a group: promised to reorganize the federal bureaucracy.

2.

a. Management or administration marked by hierarchical authority among numerous offices and by fixed procedures: The new department head did not know much about bureaucracy.

b. The administrative structure of a large or complex organization: a midlevel manager in a corporate bureaucracy.

3. An administrative system in which the need or inclination to follow rigid or complex procedures impedes effective action: innovative ideas that get bogged down in red tape and bureaucracy.

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[French bureaucratie : bureau, office; see bureau + -cratie, rule (from Old French; see -cracy).]

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bureaucracy

Noun

pl -cies

1. a rigid system of administration based upon organization into bureaus, division of labour, a hierarchy of authority, etc.

2. government by such a system

3. government officials collectively

4. any administration in which action is impeded by unnecessary official procedures

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Bureaucracy

See also government.

beadledom

the world of petty and officious bureaucrats. Cf. bumbledom.

bumbledom

the world of petty and incompetent officials.

bureaucracy

1. a government typified by a rigid hierarchy of bureaus, administrators, and minor officials.
2. a body of administrators; officialdom.
3. administration characterized by excessive red tape and routine. — bureaucratie, adj.

bureaucratese

turgid, misleading language, as typical of bureaucracies. Cf. federalese, officialese.

empleomania

an obsession with public employment.

federalese

language typical of the U.S. federal government, especially bureaucrtic jargon. Cf. bureaucratese, officialese.

officialdom

1. the realm or position of officials.
2. excessively close adherence to bureaucratie procedure.

officialese

language characteristic of officialdom, typified by polysyllabism and much periphrasis. Cf. bureaucratese, federalese.

officialism

1. any official regulations or procedures.
2. an excessive emphasis on official regulations or procedures.
3. officials in general or collectively.

panjandrum

designation for a pompous official, taken from a story by Samuel Foote(1755).

red-tapeism, red-tapism

the practice of requiring excessive paperwork and tedious procedures before official action can be considered or completed. Also called red-tapery. — red-tapist n.

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Bureaucracy government officials collectively, 1848.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bureaucracy - nonelective government officials     bureaucratism Pentagon - the United States military establishment civil service - government workers; usually hired on the basis of competitive examinations government officials, officialdom - people elected or appointed to administer a government
	2.	bureaucracy - a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials authorities, government, regime - the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit; "the government reduced taxes"; "the matter was referred to higher authorities"
	3.	bureaucracy - any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape organization, organisation - a group of people who work together

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bureaucracy

noun 1. government, officials, authorities, administration, ministry, the system, civil service, directorate, officialdom, corridors of power

noun 2. red tape, regulations, officialdom, officialese, bumbledom

Translations

bureaucracy [bjuəˈrɔkrəsɪ] n → burocracia

bureaucracy [bjuəˈrɔkrəsɪ] n → bureaucratie f

bureaucracy [bjuəˈrɔkrəsɪ] n → Bürokratie f

bureaucracy [bjuəˈrɔkrəsɪ] n → burocrazia

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bureaucracy

n bureaucracy [bjuˈrokrəsi]

1 a system of government by officials working for a government. burokrasieالبيروقراطيه: حُكْمُ الموظفينбюрокрацияbyrokraciebureaukrati; embedsmandsvældedie Beamtenschaftγραφειοκρατία (ως σύστημα διοίκησης)burocraciabürokraatiaدیbyrokratiabureaucratieבִּירוֹקְרַטיָהनौकरशाहीbirokracijaközigazgatásbirokrasiembættismannakerfi, skrifstofustjórnkerfiburocrazia官僚政治관료 제도valdininkija, biurokratijabirokrātismssistem birokrasibureaucratiebyråkrati, embetsmannsveldebiurokracjaburocraciabirocraţieбюрократияbyrokraciabirokracijabirokratijabyråkratiระบบบริหารที่มีข้าราชการbürokrasi, kırtasiyecilik官僚體制бюрократизмاہلکاروں پر مبنی سرکاری نظامbộ máy hành chính quan liêu官僚体制

2 a country having such a government which uses such officials. burokrasieدَوْلَةٌ بيروقراطيهбюрокрацияbyrokratická zeměbureaukratidie Bürokratieγραφειοκρατία (κράτος με γραφειοκρατικό σύστημα διοίκησης)burocraciabürokraatlik riikکشور دیوان سالارvirkavaltainen hallitusjärjestelmäÉtat bureaucratiqueשִלְטוֹן פְּקִידִיםनौकरशाही वाला देशčinovništvobürokrácianegara birokratisskrifræði, skrifstofuveldiburocrazia官僚国家관료 국가biurokratinė valstybėbirokrātijanegara birokrasibureaucratiebyråkratibiurokracjaburocraciastat birocraticбюрократизмbyrokratická krajinabirokratska državabirokratijabyråkratiประเทศที่มีรัฐบาลซึ่งมีข้าราชการmerkeziyetçilik, bürokrasi官僚政治бюрократіяوہ ملک جہاں پر ایسے اہلکاروں کو استعمال کرنے کا ناظم رائج ہوđất nước có bộ máy hành chính quan liêu官僚政治

adj ˌbureauˈcratic

burokratieseبيروقراطيбюрократиченbyrokratickýbureaukratiskbürokratischγραφειοκρατικόςburocráticobürokraatlikدیوان سالارbyrokraattinenbureaucratiqueבִּירוֹקְרַטיनौकरशाहbirokratskibürokratikusbirokratisskrifstofustjórnkerfis-; skrifræðis-burocratico官僚的な관료주의의biurokratinisbirokrātisksdengan birokrasibureaucratischbyråkratiskbiurokratycznyburocráticobirocraticбюрократическийbyrokratickýbirokratskibirokratskibyråkratiskเกี่ยวกับระบบราชการbürokratik官僚主義的бюрократичнийسرکاریbộ máy quan liêu官僚主义的