bureaucracy

IPA: bjʊrˈɑkrʌsi

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.

Examples of "bureaucracy" in Sentences

The opprobrious connotation of the term bureaucracy
Indeed, SOME suggest the creation of the bureaucracy is the actual OBJECTIVE.
Eric Cantor said he fears this EPA action will lead to what he call bureaucracy run amok.
Today, the term bureaucracy suggests a lack of initiative, excessive adherence to rules and routine, red tape, inefficiency, or, even more serious, an impersonal force dominating the lives of individuals.
Political scientists have coined the term "bureaucracy bashing" to connote the temptation now rife among national politicians to beat up on the civil service for reasons that have nothing to do with reality.
At the moment I don't think this conclusion entails the usual host of anti-democratic arguments made regarding the legal system since the bureaucracy is at bottom a creature of the executive and the legislature.