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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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