bureaucracy
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Etymology [edit]
bureau + -cracy, from French bureaucratie, coined by Jean Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay (died 1759) from 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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