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Bureaucracy

bjʊˈrɒkrəsi

Bureaucracy definitions
noun
bureaucracies bureaucracy
  1. a system of government in which most of the important decisions are taken by state officials rather than by elected representatives
    civil service administration government directorate the establishment the system the powers that be corridors of power
    • a state or organization governed or managed as a bureaucracy
    • the officials in a bureaucracy, considered as a group or hierarchy
  2. excessively complicated administrative procedure

    "the unnecessary bureaucracy in local government"

    red tape rules and regulations etiquette protocol officialdom (unnecessary) paperwork