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*.

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