bureaucracy

bu·reauc·ra·cy

 (byo͝o-rŏk′rə-sē)

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

(bjʊəˈrɒkrəsɪ)

n, pl -cies

1. 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

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) government by such a system

3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) government or other officials collectively

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

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bu•reauc•ra•cy

(byʊˈrɒk rə si)

n., pl. -cies.

1. government by a rigid hierarchy of bureaus, administrators, and petty officials.

2. a body of officials and administrators, esp. in a government.

3. excessive multiplication of, and concentration of power in, bureaus or administrators.

4. administration characterized by excessive red tape and routine.

[1810–20; < French bureaucratie; see -cracy]

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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.

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bureaucracy

A system of government administration in which a hierarchy of nonelected professional officials is in control and often insists on strict adherence to standard procedures.

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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 State bureaucracies tend to stifle enterprise and initiative.

2. red tape, regulations, paperwork, officialdom, officialese, bumbledom People complain about having to deal with too much bureaucracy.

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Translations

البيروقراطيه: حُكْمُ الموظفينبيروقْراطِيَّةدَوْلَةٌ بيروقراطيه

byrokraciebyrokratická země

bureaukratiembedsmandsvælde

BürokratieBeamtenschaft

γραφειοκρατία

burocracia

bürokraatia

byrokratiahallintokoneisto

bureaucratie

birokracija

bürokrácia

skrifræîi, skrifstofuveldi

burocraziaburocrateburocratico

官僚主義

관료주의

biurokratijabiurokratinė valstybėbiurokratinisvaldininkija

birokrātijabirokrātisms

bureaucratie

byråkratiembetsmannsvelde

biurokracja

burocracia

бюрократия

byrokraciabyrokratická krajina

byråkrati

ระบบบริหารที่มีพิธีรีตรอง

bürokrasikırtasiyecilikmerkeziyetçilik

bộ máy công chức

官僚官僚体制官僚政治

bureaucracy

[bjʊəˈrɒkrəsɪ] N → burocracia f (pej) → papeleo m, trámites mpl

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bureaucracy

[bjʊˈrɒkrəsi] n → bureaucratie f

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bureaucracy

n → Bürokratie f

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bureaucracy

[bjʊ/əˈrɒkrəsɪ] n → burocrazia

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bureaucracy

(bjuˈrokrəsi) noun

1. a system of government by officials working for a government. burokrasie البيروقراطيه: حُكْمُ الموظفين бюрокрация burocracia byrokracie die Beamtenschaft bureaukrati; embedsmandsvælde γραφειοκρατίαburocracia bürokraatia دی byrokratia bureaucratieבירוקרטיה नौकरशाही birokracija közigazgatás birokrasi embættismannakerfi, skrifstofustjórnkerfi burocrazia 官僚政治 관료제 valdininkija, biurokratija birokrātisms sistem birokrasi bureaucratiebyråkrati, embetsmannsveldebiurokracja بیوروکراسی 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 burocracia byrokratická země die Bürokratie bureaukrati γραφειοκρατίαburocracia bürokraatlik riik کشور دیوان سالار byrokraattinen valtio État bureaucratique שִלְטוֹן פְּקִידִים नौकरशाही वाला देश činovništvo bürokrácia negara birokratis skrifræði, skrifstofuveldi burocrazia 官僚国家 관료제 국가 biurokratinė valstybė birokrātija negara birokrasi bureaucratiebyråkratibiurokracja هغه ملک چی بیوروکراسی لری 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

ˌbureauˈcratic adjective

burokratiese بيروقراطي бюрократичен burocrático byrokratický bürokratisch bureaukratisk γραφειοκρατικόςburocrático bürokraatlik دیوان سالار byrokraattinen bureaucratique בִּירוֹקְרַטי नौकरशाह birokratski bürokratikus birokratis skrifstofustjórnkerfis-; skrifræðis- burocratico 官僚的な 관료적인 biurokratinis birokrātisks dengan birokrasi bureaucratischbyråkratiskbiurokratyczny بیوروکراسی burocrático birocratic бюрократический byrokratický birokratski birokratski byråkratisk เกี่ยวกับระบบราชการ bürokratik 官僚體制的 бюрократичний سرکاری bộ máy quan liêu 官僚的，官僚主义的

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bureaucracy

→ بيروقْراطِيَّة byrokracie bureaukrati Bürokratie γραφειοκρατία burocracia byrokratia bureaucratie birokracija burocrazia 官僚主義 관료주의 bureaucratie byråkrati biurokracja burocracia бюрократия byråkrati ระบบบริหารที่มีพิธีรีตรอง bürokrasi bộ máy công chức 官僚

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