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bureaucracy |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bureaucracy \Bu*reau"cra*cy\, n. [Bureau + Gr ? to be strong, to govern, ? strength: cf F. bureaucratie.] 1. 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. 2. Government officials, collectively. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bureaucracy n : nonelective government officials [syn: {bureaucratism}]
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