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English noun: bureaucracy

1. bureaucracy (group) nonelective government officials


Synonymsbureaucratism


Broader (hypernym)government officials, officialdom


Narrower (hyponym)Pentagon


Member holonymcivil service

2. bureaucracy (group) a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials


Broader (hypernym)authorities, government, regime

3. bureaucracy (group) any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape


Broader (hypernym)organisation, organization









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