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
11 Letter Words
bureaucracy 20
6 Letter Words
curacy 13 baccae 12 brayer 11 rebury 11 accrue 10 aucuba 10 bracer 10 curber 10 rubace 10 bureau 8 curara 8 curare 8
5 Letter Words
baccy 14 cyber 12 yucca 12 bacca 11 barry 10 barye 10 bayer 10 berry 10 burry 10 buyer 10 carry 10 cryer 10 curry 10 rebuy 10 yerba 10 acerb 9 barca 9 brace 9 caber 9 caeca 9 cuber 9 array 8 yarer 8 areca 7 barer 7 barre 7 carer 7 crura 7 curer 7 racer 7 rebar 7 recur 7 aurae 5 aurar 5 urare 5
4 Letter Words
abye 9 bray 9 bury 9 byre 9 racy 9 ruby 9 yuca 9 caca 8 carb 8 ceca 8 crab 8 cube 8 curb 8 aery 7 eyra 7 raya 7 yare 7 year 7 acre 6 bare 6 bear 6 beau 6 brae 6 bura 6 burr 6 care 6 carr 6 cure 6 curr 6 ecru 6 race 6 rube 6 area 4 aura 4 rare 4 rear 4 ruer 4 urea 4
3 Letter Words
aby 8 bay 8 bey 8 buy 8 bye 8 cay 8 cry 8 cab 7 cub 7 aye 6 ray 6 rya 6 rye 6 ryu 6 yar 6 yea 6 yer 6 aba 5 ace 5 arb 5 arc 5 baa 5 bar 5 bra 5 brr 5 bur 5 car 5 cru 5 cue 5 cur 5 ecu 5 reb 5 rec 5 rub 5 urb 5 are 3 ear 3 eau 3 era 3 err 3 rue 3
2 Letter Words
by 7 ay 5 ya 5 ye 5 ab 4 ba 4 be 4 aa 2 ae 2 ar 2 er 2 re 2
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