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bureaucracy
noun
(bu-reau-cra-cy)
nonelective government officials
Synonyms:
bureaucratism
,
bureaucracy
noun
(bu-reau-cra-cy)
a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials
bureaucracy
noun
(bu-reau-cra-cy)
any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape
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