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noun Download 🔗Share (organizational theory) A system of administration based upon organisation into bureaus, division of labour, a hierarchy of authority, etc., designed to dispose of a large body of work in a routine manner. Examples : "At that time the administration replaced the system of patronage in the civil service with a bureaucracy." government politics organization system business Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The body of officers and administrators, especially of a government. Examples : "The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy. (apocryphal quip)" government politics organization state system Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Excessive red tape and routine in any administration, body or behaviour. Examples : "The head of the civil service promised to clamp down on bureaucracy." government politics organization system business Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading