English noun: bureaucracy | |||
1. | bureaucracy (group) nonelective government officials | ||
Synonyms | bureaucratism | ||
Broader (hypernym) | government officials, officialdom | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Pentagon | ||
Member holonym | civil 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 | ||