bureaucracy
[noun]
Synonyms:
- government, administration, authorities, civil service, corridors of power, officials, the system
- red tape, officialdom, regulations

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

bu‧reauc‧ra‧cy /bjʊəˈrɒkrəsi $ bjʊˈrɑː-/ noun (plural bureaucracies)
[Date: 1800-1900; Language: French; Origin: bureaucracie, from bureau ( ⇒ bureau) + -cracie '-cracy']

1. [uncountable] a complicated official system that is annoying or confusing because it has a lot of rules, processes etc ⇒ red tape:
the reduction of unnecessary bureaucracy

2. [uncountable and countable] the officials who are employed rather than elected to do the work of a government, business etc

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

bureaucracy
noun
I. administrative system
ADJ. vast | government, state

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

bureaucracy
II. official rules and procedures
ADJ. cumbersome, excessive, unnecessary
VERB + BUREAUCRACY cut out, eliminate, reduce The organization has promised to eliminate cumbersome and unnecessary bureaucracy.
increase

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