Definition of bureaucracy

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Definition of bureaucracy

  • nonelective government officials (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. bureaucratism
  • a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials (noun)
  • any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape (noun)

See definition of bureaucracy in Merriam Webster