bureaucracy
IPA: bjʊrˈɑkrʌsi
noun
- Government by bureaus or their administrators or officers.
- (business, 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.
- The body of officers and administrators, especially of a government.
- (chiefly derogatory) Excessive red tape and routine in any administration, body or behaviour.
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