Definition of bureaucracy
English to English noun - nonelective government officials
source: WordNet 3.0 - a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials
source: WordNet 3.0 - any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape
source: WordNet 3.0 - A system of carrying on the business of government by means of departments or bureaus, each under the control of a chief, in contradiction to a system in which the officers of government have an associated authority and responsibility; also, government conducted on this system.
source: Webster 1913
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