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bureaucracy

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  1. 1. n. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. Government officials, collectively. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. nonelective government officials Source: wordnet
  4. 4. n. a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials Source: wordnet
  5. 5. n. any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape Source: wordnet
  6. 6. 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. Source: webster
  7. 7. n:100 n. nonelective government officials n. a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials n. any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape Source: ecdict

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