bureaucracy

Meanings

• noun

  A complex system for administering and implementing laws, regulations, and other formal procedures.

  - "The bureaucracy of the city hall can be confusing."
  - "Bureaucracy often slows down decision-making processes."

• noun

  A body of officials and administrators in a government or organization.

  - "The education bureaucracy is responsible for managing schools and teachers."
  - "Bureaucrats in the ministry of finance make important economic decisions."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with bureaucracy
jury , curacy , variety

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Variants

List of all variants of bureaucracy that leads to same result
bureaucracies , bureaucracy

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Etymology

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From the Greek word 'birou kratsia' meaning 'rule from a desk'.

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Trivia

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1. The size of a country's bureaucracy is often used as a measure of its level of development.

2. The term 'bureaucrat' originally referred to someone who worked in a bureau, or a government office.

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Related Concepts

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1. Administration: The process of managing an organization, including the execution and oversight of policies and programs.

2. Government: The political system by which a country or region is governed and administered.

3. Red tape: Unnecessary rules and regulations that hinder progress and efficiency.

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Quotes

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1. As Europe slipped deeper into the war, the uranium panel twiddled its thumbs. It was so mired in "bureaucracy" that by the spring of 1940, it had managed to approve only the $6,000 in research funds earmarked for Fermi and Szilard, so they could purchase uranium and graphite for their fission experiments.

   - Jennet Conant,{it}Tuxedo Park{/it},2002

2. In recent books and articles a small but outspoken chorus of former CIA case officers has portrayed the once proudly swashbuckling agency as a timid, politically correct "bureaucracy", overly concerned with being held to account by the press and Capitol Hill.

   - Evan Thomas,{it}Newsweek{/it},29 Apr. 2002

3. Proving that even lumbering federal "bureaucracies" can move quickly when they have to, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) last week took advantage of Congress' extended holiday break to introduce its long-awaited—and, perhaps, long-dreaded—ergonomic standards.

   - {it}Editor & Publisher{/it},27 Nov. 1999

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Culture

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Bureaucracy has been a common theme in literature, particularly in dystopian novels such as '1984' by George Orwell and 'Brave New World' by Aldous Huxley, which portray a totalitarian state controlled by a complex bureaucracy.

How to Memorize "bureaucracy"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a large, complex organization with many departments and officials, all working together to implement policies and procedures.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with images of paperwork, forms, and long lines.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the acronym 'BURAUCRACY' to remember the definition: 'B' for 'complex', 'U' for 'system', 'R' for 'rules', 'A' for 'administration', 'C' for 'centralization', 'Y' for 'bureaucrats'.

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