bureaucracy
Meaning of bureaucracy
noun
- a system of government in which most of the important decisions are taken by state officials rather than by elected representatives.
- excessively complicated administrative procedure.
the unnecessary bureaucracy in local government
early 19th century: from French bureaucratie, from bureau (see bureau).
Information about bureaucracy
- It is a name.
- The plural form of bureaucracy is: bureaucracies.
- Languages in which bureaucracy is used:
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Hyphenation of bureaucracy
bu-reau-cracy
- It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
- bureaucracy is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
bureaucracy synonyms
Meaning bureaucratism:
Meaning the process or activity of running a business, organization, etc:
Meaning the group of people with the authority to govern a country or state; a particular ministry in office:
Meaning the board of directors of a company:
Meaning (in certain countries) a government department headed by a minister:
Meaning the power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience:
Meaning a person holding public office or having official duties, especially as a representative of an organization or government department:
Meaning the officials in an organization or government department, considered as a group:
Meaning the customary code of polite behaviour in society or among members of a particular profession or group:
Meaning the official procedure or system of rules governing affairs of state or diplomatic occasions:
Meaning officious and pompous behaviour by minor officials:
Translation of bureaucracy
- German: Bürokratie
- Spanish: burocracia
- French: bureaucratie
- Italian: burocrazia
- Portuguese: burocracia
Words that rhyme with bureaucracy
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