bureaucracy

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative forms 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative forms

• bureaucratie
• bureau-ocracy

[edit] Etymology

< French bureaucratie, coined by Jean Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay (d. 1759)< bureau (“‘office’”) + -cratie (“‘rule of’”)

[edit] Noun

bureaucracy (plural bureaucracies)

1. Structure and regulations in place to control activity. Usually in large organizations and government operations.

[edit] Related terms

• bureaucrat
• bureaucratic

[edit] Translations