noun🔗ShareBureaucratiesGovernment by bureaus or their administrators or officers."The school's many bureaucracies made it difficult for teachers to get the necessary supplies. "Les nombreuses bureaucraties de l'école rendaient difficile pour les enseignants d'obtenir les fournitures nécessaires.governmentpoliticsorganizationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBureaucraties(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."At that time the administration replaced the system of patronage in the civil service with a bureaucracy."À cette époque, l'administration a remplacé le système de favoritisme dans la fonction publique par une bureaucratie.governmentorganizationsystembusinesspoliticsstructurestatesocietyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBureaucraties, administrationsThe body of officers and administrators, especially of a government."The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy. (apocryphal quip)"La bureaucratie s'étend pour répondre aux besoins de la bureaucratie en expansion. (citation apocryphe)governmentpoliticsorganizationstateChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBureaucratie, paperasserie excessiveExcessive red tape and routine in any administration, body or behaviour."The head of the civil service promised to clamp down on bureaucracy."Le chef de la fonction publique a promis de sévir contre la bureaucratie.governmentpoliticsorganizationsystembusinessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading