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noun. Administration of a government chiefly through bureaus or departments staffed with nonelected officials.

noun. The departments and their officials as a group.

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noun. Management or administration marked by hierarchical authority among numerous offices and by fixed procedures.

noun. The administrative structure of a large or complex organization.

noun. An administrative system in which the need or inclination to follow rigid or complex procedures impedes effective action.

noun. Government by bureaus; specifically, excessive multiplication of, and concentration of power in, administrative bureaus.

noun. The body of officials administering such bureaus, considered collectively.

noun. 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.

noun. Government officials, collectively; -- used especially of nonelected government officials.

noun. Structure and regulations in place to control activity. Usually in large organizations and government operations.

noun. nonelective government officials

noun. a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials

noun. any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape

"‡ Today, the term bureaucracy suggests a lack of initiative, excessive adherence to rules and routine, red tape, inefficiency, or, even more serious, an impersonal force dominating the lives of individuals."

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