bureaucracy

/bjʊəˈrɒkrəsi/ noun

Definition

RULES [U] › complicated rules and processes used by an organization, especially when they do not seem necessary: government bureaucracy

GOVERNMENT [C, U] › a government or organization in which there are a lot of officials in a lot of departments

bureaucrat

/ˈbjʊərəʊkræt/ noun [C] › someone working in a bureaucracy bureaucratic

/ˌbjʊərəʊˈkrætɪk/ adjective

(Definition of bureaucracy noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

everything that exists or is possible

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