NOUN
  • Definition - Government by bureaus or their administrators or officers.
  • Definition - (organizational theory) A system of administration based upon organisation into bureaus, division of labour, a hierarchy of authority, etc., designed to dispose of a large body of work in a routine manner.
  • Example - At that time the administration replaced the system of patronage in the civil service with a bureaucracy.
  • Definition - The body of officers and administrators, especially of a government.
  • Example - The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy. (apocryphal quip)
  • Definition - Excessive red tape and routine in any administration, body or behaviour.
  • Example - The head of the civil service promised to clamp down on bureaucracy.
Words in your word
13 Letter Words
bureaucracies 19
9 Letter Words
carburise 13 cercariae 13 cercarias 13
8 Letter Words
breccias 14 cerebric 14 succubae 14 caesuric 12 cercaria 12 curacies 12 reaccuse 12 caesurae 10 causerie 10 creasier 10 ecraseur 10 reburies 10
5 Letter Words
bacca 11 cubic 11 abaci 9 acerb 9 barca 9 baric 9 basic 9 bices 9 brace 9 caber 9 cacas 9 caeca 9 carbs 9 ceiba 9 cerci 9 ceric 9 circa 9 circs 9 crabs 9 cribs 9 cuber 9 cubes 9 curbs 9 cusec 9 rabic 9 rebec 9 recce 9 scrub 9 scuba 9 abase 7 abris 7 abuse 7 acais 7 acari 7 acres 7 aecia 7 arcus 7 areca 7 areic 7 auric 7 barer 7 bares 7 barre 7 baser 7 bears 7 beaus 7 beers 7 biers 7 birrs 7 birse 7
4 Letter Words
bice 8 cabs 8 caca 8 carb 8 ceca 8 crab 8 crib 8 cube 8 cubs 8 curb 8 scab 8 abas 6 abri 6 acai 6 aces 6 acre 6 arbs 6 arcs 6 asci 6 baas 6 bare 6 bars 6 base 6 bear 6 beau 6 beer 6 bees 6 bias 6 bier 6 birr 6 bise 6 brae 6 bras 6 bree 6 brie 6 bris 6 bura 6 burr 6 burs 6 care 6 carr 6 cars 6 casa 6 case 6 cees 6 cere 6 cire 6 cris 6 crus 6 cues 6
3 Letter Words
cab 7 cub 7 aba 5 abs 5 ace 5 arb 5 arc 5 baa 5 bar 5 bas 5 bee 5 bes 5 bis 5 bra 5 brr 5 bur 5 bus 5 car 5 cee 5 cis 5 cru 5 cue 5 cur 5 ecu 5 ice 5 reb 5 rec 5 rib 5 rub 5 sab 5 sac 5 sec 5 sib 5 sic 5 sub 5 urb 5 aas 3 air 3 ais 3 are 3 ars 3 ear 3 eau 3 era 3 ere 3 err 3 ers 3 ire 3 rai 3 ras 3
2 Letter Words
ab 4 ba 4 be 4 bi 4 aa 2 ae 2 ai 2 ar 2 as 2 er 2 es 2 is 2 re 2 si 2 us 2
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