Topic: GOVERNMENT
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| Date: | 1800-1900 |
| Language: | French |
| Origin: | bureaucracie, from bureau ( BUREAU) + -cracie '-cracy' |
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bu‧reauc‧ra‧cy
plural bureaucracies
plural bureaucracies1 [uncountable]PG a complicated official system which is annoying or confusing because it has a lot of rules, processes etc [↪ red tape]: 
the reduction of unnecessary bureaucracy
the reduction of unnecessary bureaucracy2 [uncountable and countable]PG the officials who are employed rather than elected to do the work of a government, business etc
