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bureaucracy Definition

bu·reauc·racy (byo̵o rä′krə sē, byo̵̅o̅-)

noun pl. -·cies

  1. the administration of government through departments and subdivisions managed by sets of appointed officials following an inflexible routine
  2. the officials collectively
  3. governmental officialism or inflexible routine
  4. the concentration of authority in a complex structure of administrative bureaus

Etymology: Fr bureaucratie < bureau + -cratie, -cracy

bureaucracy Synonyms

bureaucracy

n.

  1. Government

    officialdom, administration, the Establishment, the authorities, apparatchiki, the powers that be, city hall, civil service, they, them, the system*; see also authority 3, government 1.

  2. Rigid routine

    red tape, official procedure, inflexible routine, strict procedure, officialism, bumbledom*.

bureaucracy Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • union: The bureaucracy of the trade unions is the backbone of British imperialism.

Converse of object

  • centralize: It is the creation of a strong centralized bureaucracy.
  • burgeon: Real improvement will not be achieved by simply giving more money to a burgeoning bureaucracy.
  • stifle: French Life A downside of french life worth mentioning is the stifling bureaucracy.
  • minimize: We will try to minimize the bureaucracy involved in these arrangements.
  • overthrow: The latter cannot be overthrown without overthrowing the Labourite bureaucracy.
  • reduce: There must be a drive to reduce bureaucracy in the skills sector.

Preposition: in

  • NHS: Are these goals not being achieved because there is at present insufficient regulatory bureaucracy in the NHS?

Adjective modifier

  • Stalinist: The ending of the Stalinist bureaucracy in USSR was not a defeat for the working class.
  • unnecessary: In addition, all new policies will be scrutinized for unnecessary bureaucracy.
  • Soviet: Such is the starting point for the Soviet bureaucracy.
  • bloated: Some bloated bureaucracy parceling out the cash to the various national telecom carriers?
  • faceless: Wellness Management isn't about faceless bureaucracies imposing morning calisthenics at the desk or workbench.
  • cumbersome: And we will sweep away the cumbersome bureaucracy of traditional Job Centers.

Noun used with modifier

  • trade-union: We must be with the masses against the splitting and treacherous trade-union bureaucracy.
  • union: The trade union bureaucracy For nine days the working class was solidly behind the miners.
  • labor: The labor bureaucracy is an integral part of bourgeois society.
  • ruling: The ruling bureaucracy of the Second International is the least independent, the most cowardly and corrupted section of bourgeois society.
  • trade: The trade union bureaucracy For nine days the working class was solidly behind the miners.
  • labor: It wants to do deals with sections of the labor bureaucracy instead.
bureaucracy Quotes

Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.

—Peter, LaurenceJ

Bureaucracy is not an obstacle to democracy but an inevitable complement to it.

—Schumpeter,Joseph Alois

   Bureaucracy, theruleof no one, hasbecomethemodern form of despotism.

—McCarthy,Joseph R(aymond)

However many people may complain about the'red tape', it would be sheer illusion to think for a moment that continuous administrative work can be carried out in any field except by means of officials working in offices† The choice is only that between bureaucracy and dilettantism in the field of administration.

—Weber, Max