bureaucracy

Noun
  1. Nonelective government officials (synset 108473738)
    is a type of: government officials, officialdom - people elected or appointed to administer a government
    subtypes: pentagon - the United States military establishment
    member holonym: civil service - government workers; usually hired on the basis of competitive examinations
    same as: bureaucratism
  2. A government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials (synset 108068317)
    is a type of: authorities, government, regime - the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
  3. Any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape (synset 108026391)
    is a type of: organisation, organization - a group of people who work together

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