bu|reauc|ra|cy

bu|reauc|ra|cy
bu|reauc|ra|cy «byu ROK ruh see», noun, plural -cies.
1. a system of government by groups of officials, each dealing with its own kind of business under the direction of its chief: »

Though the Czar was ruler in name, the Government of Russia before the revolution was really a bureaucracy.

2. the officials running government bureaus: »

Every President faces…problems that necessarily work their way up through a cumbersome bureaucracy (Harper's).

3. concentration of power in administrative bureaus: »

Capitalism is balanced against the obstinate bureaucracy of Socialism (New Yorker).

4. too much insistence on rigid routine, resulting in delay in making decisions; red tape: »

It was not centrally administered and went with a minimum of bureaucracy and maximum speed (London Times).

╂[< French bureaucratie < bureau desk + Greek -kratíā rule < krátos]
Usage The vowel (o) in the second syllable, where (ō) might be expected, is due to the analogy of words like autocracy and democracy.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • bu|reauc´ra|tist — bu|reauc|ra|tism «byu ROK ruh tihz uhm», noun. bureaucracy: »The growth of bureaucratism is not confined to government agencies, of course (Wall Street Journal). –bu|reauc´ra|tist, noun …   Useful english dictionary

  • bu|reauc|ra|tism — «byu ROK ruh tihz uhm», noun. bureaucracy: »The growth of bureaucratism is not confined to government agencies, of course (Wall Street Journal). –bu|reauc´ra|tist, noun …   Useful english dictionary

  • bu|reauc´ra|ti|za´tion — bu|reauc|ra|tize «byu ROK ruh tyz», transitive verb, tized, tiz|ing. to make a bureaucracy of; make bureaucratic: »the great bureaucratized collective that is the modern corporation (Harper s). –bu|reauc´ra|ti|za´tion, noun …   Useful english dictionary

  • bu|reauc|ra|tize — «byu ROK ruh tyz», transitive verb, tized, tiz|ing. to make a bureaucracy of; make bureaucratic: »the great bureaucratized collective that is the modern corporation (Harper s). –bu|reauc´ra|ti|za´tion, noun …   Useful english dictionary

  • bu — bu·lim·i·dae; bu·li·moid; bu·li·mu·li·dae; bu·li·mus; bu·li·my; bu·lu; bu·me·lia; Bu·na; bu·ni·na·wa; bu·no·don·ta; bu·no·loph·o·dont; bu·no·mas·to·don·ti·dae; bu·no·se·le·no·dont; bu·nos·to·mum; bu·ñu·e·lo; bu·pleu·rum; bu·plev·er;… …   English syllables

  • bureaucratize — bu•reauc•ra•tize [[t]byʊˈrɒk rəˌtaɪz[/t]] v. t. tized, tiz•ing gov to cause to become bureaucratic or to resemble a bureaucracy • Etymology: 1890–95; < F bu•reauc ra•ti•za′tion, n …   From formal English to slang

  • bureaucracy — bu‧reauc‧ra‧cy [bjʊəˈrɒkrəsi ǁ bjʊˈrɑː ] noun bureaucracies PLURALFORM 1. [countable] a system of government that uses a large number of departments and officials: • a powerful centralized bureaucracy 2. [uncountable] disapproving all the… …   Financial and business terms

  • bureaucracy — bu|reauc|ra|cy [bjuəˈrɔkrəsi US bjuˈra: ] n plural bureaucracies [Date: 1800 1900; : French; Origin: bureaucracie, from bureau ( BUREAU) + cracie cracy ] 1.) [U] a complicated official system which is annoying or confusing because it has a lot of …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • bureaucracy — bu|reauc|ra|cy [ bjə rakrəsi ] noun ** 1. ) uncount a complicated and annoying system of rules and processes: a maze of bureaucracy 2. ) count or uncount the people employed to run government organizations: France created a powerful centralized… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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