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. burokrasie البيروقراطيه: حُكْمُ الموظفين бюрокрация byrokracie bureaukrati; embedsmandsvælde die Beamtenschaft γραφειοκρατία (ως σύστημα διοίκησης) burocracia bürokraatia دی byrokratia bureaucratie בִּירוֹקְרַטיָה नौकरशाही birokracija közigazgatás birokrasi embættismannakerfi, skrifstofustjórnkerfi burocrazia 官僚政治 관료 제도 valdininkija, biurokratija birokrātisms sistem birokrasi bureaucratie byråkrati, embetsmannsvelde biurokracja burocracia birocraţie бюрократия byrokracia birokracija birokratija byråkrati ระบบบริหารที่มีข้าราชการ bürokrasi, kırtasiyecilik 官僚體制 бюрократизм اہلکاروں پر مبنی سرکاری نظام bộ máy hành chính quan liêu 官僚体制

2 a country having such a government which uses such officials. burokrasie دَوْلَةٌ بيروقراطيه бюрокрация byrokratická země bureaukrati die Bürokratie γραφειοκρατία (κράτος με γραφειοκρατικό σύστημα διοίκησης) burocracia bürokraatlik riik کشور دیوان سالار virkavaltainen hallitusjärjestelmä État bureaucratique שִלְטוֹן פְּקִידִים नौकरशाही वाला देश činovništvo bürokrácia negara birokratis skrifræði, skrifstofuveldi burocrazia 官僚国家 관료 국가 biurokratinė valstybė birokrātija negara birokrasi bureaucratie byråkrati biurokracja burocracia stat birocratic бюрократизм byrokratická krajina birokratska država birokratija byråkrati ประเทศที่มีรัฐบาลซึ่งมีข้าราชการ merkeziyetçilik, bürokrasi 官僚政治 бюрократія وہ ملک جہاں پر ایسے اہلکاروں کو استعمال کرنے کا ناظم رائج ہو đất nước có bộ máy hành chính quan liêu 官僚政治

adj ˌbureauˈcratic

burokratiese بيروقراطي бюрократичен byrokratický bureaukratisk bürokratisch γραφειοκρατικός burocrático bürokraatlik دیوان سالار byrokraattinen bureaucratique בִּירוֹקְרַטי नौकरशाह birokratski bürokratikus birokratis skrifstofustjórnkerfis-; skrifræðis- burocratico 官僚的な 관료주의의 biurokratinis birokrātisks dengan birokrasi bureaucratisch byråkratisk biurokratyczny burocrático birocratic бюрократический byrokratický birokratski birokratski byråkratisk เกี่ยวกับระบบราชการ bürokratik 官僚主義的 бюрократичний سرکاری bộ máy quan liêu 官僚主义的