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Bürokratie — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bureaucracy noun A system of government or organization run through many layered offices and officials following fixed rules.

Senses

Bürokratie is used for these senses in English:

  • bureaucracy Government by bureaus or their administrators or officers.
  • bureaucracy (business, organizational theory) A system of administration based upon organisation into bureaus, division of labour, a hierarchy of authority, etc., designed to dispose of a large body of work in a routine manner.
  • bureaucracy The body of officers and administrators, especially of a government.
  • bureaucracy (chiefly, derogatory) Excessive red tape and routine in any administration, body or behaviour.

bureaucracy — full definition

  1. noun A system of government or organization run through many layered offices and officials following fixed rules.
  2. noun Excessive rigid procedure and red tape in any organization.

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