bureaucracy
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< French bureaucratie, coined by Jean Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay (d. 1759)< bureau (“‘office’”) + -cratie (“‘rule of’”)
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bureaucracy (plural bureaucracies)
- Structure and regulations in place to control activity. Usually in large organizations and government operations.
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structure and regulations in place to control activity
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