"bureaucracy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /bjʊəˈɹɒkɹəsi/ [UK], /bjʊˈɹɑːkɹəsi/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bureaucracy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: bureaucracies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒkɹəsi Etymology: bureau + -cracy, from French bureaucratie, coined by Jean Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay from bureau (“office”) + -cratie (“rule of”) Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|bureau|cracy}} bureau + -cracy, {{uder|en|fr|bureaucratie}} French bureaucratie, {{m|fr|bureau||office}} bureau (“office”), {{m|fr|-cratie||rule of}} -cratie (“rule of”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} bureaucracy (countable and uncountable, plural bureaucracies)
  1. Government by bureaus or their administrators or officers. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Government Translations (government by bureaus): burocràcia [feminine] (Catalan), 官僚體制 (Chinese Mandarin), 官僚体制 (guānliáo tǐzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), bureaucratie [feminine] (Dutch), burokratismo (Esperanto), byrokratia (Finnish), bureaucratie [feminine] (French), Beamtentum [neuter] (German), Bürokratie [feminine] (German), төрешілдік (töreşıldık) (Kazakh), biurokracja [feminine] (Polish), burocracia [feminine] (Portuguese), birocrație [feminine] (Romanian), бюрокра́тия (bjurokrátija) [feminine] (Russian), อมาตยาธิปไตย (à-màat-dtà-yaa-tí-bpà-dtai) (Thai), бюрократія (bjurokratija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), biwrocratiaeth [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-bureaucracy-en-noun-egJskPHZ Disambiguation of Government: 42 19 21 17 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -cracy Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cracy: 12 42 13 34 Disambiguation of 'government by bureaus': 54 26 9 11
  2. (business, 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Business, Organizations Translations (system of administration): burokraci [feminine] (Albanian), بِيرُقْرَاطِيَّة (bīruqrāṭiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), բյուրոկրատիա (byurokratia) (Armenian), bürokratiya (Azerbaijani), бюракра́тыя (bjurakrátyja) [feminine] (Belarusian), আমলাতন্ত্র (amlatontro) (Bengali), бюрокра́ция (bjurokrácija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ဗျူရိုကရေစီ (byuruika.reci) (Burmese), burocràcia [feminine] (Catalan), 官僚 (guānliáo) (Chinese Mandarin), 官僚制 (guānliáozhì) (Chinese Mandarin), byrokracie [feminine] (Czech), bureaukrati [common-gender] (Danish), bureaucratie [feminine] (Dutch), bürokraatia (Estonian), skrivstovuveldi [neuter] (Faroese), embætismannavald [neuter] (Faroese), byrokratia (Finnish), hallintokoneisto (Finnish), bureaucratie [feminine] (French), burocracia [feminine] (Galician), ბიუროკრატია (biuroḳraṭia) (Georgian), Verwaltungsapparat [masculine] (German), Bürokratie [feminine] (German), γραφειοκρατία (grafeiokratía) [feminine] (Greek), בִּירוֹקרַטִיָה (birokrátya) [feminine] (Hebrew), अधिकारीवर्ग (adhikārīvarg) [masculine] (Hindi), नौकरशाही (naukarśāhī) [feminine] (Hindi), दफ़्तरशाही (daftarśāhī) [feminine] (Hindi), अफ़सरशाही (afsarśāhī) [feminine] (Hindi), bürokrácia (Hungarian), skrifræði [neuter] (Icelandic), skrifstofuveldi [neuter] (Icelandic), regluveldi [neuter] (Icelandic), birokrasi (Indonesian), maorlathas [masculine] (Irish), burocrazia [feminine] (Italian), 官僚制 (kanryōsei) (alt: かんりょうせい) (Japanese), бюрократия (bürokratiä) (Kazakh), төрешілдік (töreşıldık) (Kazakh), ការិយាធិបតេយ្យ (kaareyaathipaʼtay) (Khmer), 관료제 (gwallyoje) (alt: 官僚制) (Korean), бюрократия (byurokratiya) (Kyrgyz), ພະຍາດອາດຊະຍາສິດ (pha nyāt ʼāt sa nyā sit) (Lao), birokrātija [feminine] (Latvian), biurokratija [feminine] (Lithuanian), бирокра́тија (birokrátija) [feminine] (Macedonian), birokrasi (Malay), хүнд суртал (xünd surtal) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), bîrokrasî (Northern Kurdish), burokrasî (Northern Kurdish), bîrokratî (Northern Kurdish), byråkrati [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), بيوروکراسي (byurokrāsi) [feminine] (Pashto), دیوانسالاری (divân-sâlâri) (Persian), بوروکراسی (burokrâsi) (Persian), biurokracja [feminine] (Polish), biuralizm [derogatory, literary, masculine] (Polish), burocracia [feminine] (Portuguese), ਅਫ਼ਸਰਸ਼ਾਹੀ (afasraśāhī) [feminine] (Punjabi), birocrație [feminine] (Romanian), бюрокра́тия (bjurokrátija) [feminine] (Russian), bureaucracie (Scots), бирократија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), birokratija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), byrokracia [feminine] (Slovak), birokracija [feminine] (Slovene), burocracia [feminine] (Spanish), byråkrati [common-gender] (Swedish), бюрократия (byurokratiya) (Tajik), అధికార వర్గం (adhikāra vargaṁ) (Telugu), อำมาตยาธิปไตย (am-mâat-dtà-yaa-típ-bpà-dtai) (Thai), ระบบข้าราชการประจำ (rá-bòp-kâa-râat-chá-gaan-bprà-jam) (Thai), bürokrasi (Turkish), býurokratiýa (Turkmen), бюрокра́тія (bjurokrátija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), دَفْتَر شاہی (daftar śāhī) [feminine] (Urdu), نَوکَر شاہی (naukar śāhī) [feminine] (Urdu), اَفْسَر شاہی (afsar śāhī) [feminine] (Urdu), بيۇروكراتلىق (byurokratliq) (Uyghur), byurokratiya (Uzbek), bọn quan liêu (Vietnamese), bộ máy quan liêu (Vietnamese), biwrocratiaeth [feminine] (Welsh), ביוראָקראַטיע (byurokratye) [feminine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-bureaucracy-en-noun-nnky1am1 Disambiguation of Organizations: 14 44 15 27 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -cracy, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 42 15 30 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cracy: 12 42 13 34 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 12 44 13 30 Topics: business Disambiguation of 'system of administration': 3 63 3 31
  3. The body of officers and administrators, especially of a government. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (body of officers): burocràcia [feminine] (Catalan), 官僚體制 (Chinese Mandarin), 官僚体制 (guānliáo tǐzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), ambtenarenapparaat [neuter] (Dutch), bureaucratie [feminine] (Dutch), apparaat [neuter] (Dutch), byrokratia (Finnish), hallitus (Finnish), Beamtenapparat [masculine] (German), biurokracja [feminine] (Polish), burocracia [feminine] (Portuguese), oficialismo [masculine] (Portuguese), burocracia [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-bureaucracy-en-noun-rMvs~8Fx Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -cracy Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cracy: 12 42 13 34 Disambiguation of 'body of officers': 15 19 54 13
  4. (chiefly derogatory) Excessive red tape and routine in any administration, body or behaviour. Tags: countable, derogatory, uncountable Synonyms (rule through excessive regulation): papyrocracy Translations (excessive red tape): burocràcia [feminine] (Catalan), 繁文縟節 (Chinese Mandarin), 繁文缛节 (fánwénrùjié) (Chinese Mandarin), 形式主義 (Chinese Mandarin), 形式主义 (xíngshìzhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), bureaucratie [feminine] (Dutch), byrokratia (Finnish), hallintokoneisto (Finnish), Bürokratisierung [feminine] (German), Bürokratismus [masculine] (German), taero (Maori), aparau (Maori), biurokracja [feminine] (Polish), burocracia [feminine] (Portuguese), burocracia [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-bureaucracy-en-noun-GXGarkDw Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -cracy Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cracy: 12 42 13 34 Disambiguation of 'rule through excessive regulation': 3 19 4 74 Disambiguation of 'excessive red tape': 2 6 2 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bureaucratie, bureau-ocracy [dated], burocracy [US] Derived forms: bureaucrat, bureaucratese, bureaucratic, bureaucratically Related terms: adhocracy

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          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "byuruika.reci",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "guānliáo",
          "sense": "system of administration",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "word": "bürokraatia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "skrivstovuveldi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "embætismannavald"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "word": "byrokratia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "word": "hallintokoneisto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "bureaucratie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "burocracia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "biuroḳraṭia",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "word": "ბიუროკრატია"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Verwaltungsapparat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Bürokratie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "grafeiokratía",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "γραφειοκρατία"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "birokrátya",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "בִּירוֹקרַטִיָה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "adhikārīvarg",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "अधिकारीवर्ग"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "naukarśāhī",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "नौकरशाही"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "daftarśāhī",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "दफ़्तरशाही"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "afsarśāhī",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "अफ़सरशाही"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "word": "bürokrácia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "skrifræði"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "skrifstofuveldi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "regluveldi"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "word": "birokrasi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "maorlathas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "burocrazia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "alt": "かんりょうせい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kanryōsei",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "word": "官僚制"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
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          "sense": "system of administration",
          "word": "бюрократия"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "töreşıldık",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "word": "төрешілдік"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
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          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "kaareyaathipaʼtay",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "word": "ការិយាធិបតេយ្យ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gwallyoje",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "word": "관료제"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "word": "bîrokrasî"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "word": "burokrasî"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "word": "bîrokratî"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
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          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "byurokratiya",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "word": "бюрократия"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "pha nyāt ʼāt sa nyā sit",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "word": "ພະຍາດອາດຊະຍາສິດ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "birokrātija"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "biurokratija"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "birokrátija",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "бирокра́тија"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "word": "birokrasi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "xünd surtal",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "хүнд суртал"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "byråkrati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "byurokrāsi",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "بيوروکراسي"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "divân-sâlâri",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "word": "دیوانسالاری"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "burokrâsi",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "word": "بوروکراسی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "biurokracja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "tags": [
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            "literary",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "biuralizm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "burocracia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "afasraśāhī",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ਅਫ਼ਸਰਸ਼ਾਹੀ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "birocrație"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bjurokrátija",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "бюрокра́тия"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
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          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "word": "bureaucracie"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "tags": [
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            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "бирократија"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "birokratija"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "byrokracia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "birokracija"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
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          "sense": "system of administration",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "burocracia"
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          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "byråkrati"
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
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          "roman": "byurokratiya",
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          "word": "бюрократия"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "adhikāra vargaṁ",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "word": "అధికార వర్గం"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "th",
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          "roman": "am-mâat-dtà-yaa-típ-bpà-dtai",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "word": "อำมาตยาธิปไตย"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "rá-bòp-kâa-râat-chá-gaan-bprà-jam",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "word": "ระบบข้าราชการประจำ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "word": "bürokrasi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "word": "býurokratiýa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "bjurokrátija",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "бюрокра́тія"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "daftar śāhī",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "دَفْتَر شاہی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "naukar śāhī",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "نَوکَر شاہی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "ur",
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          "roman": "afsar śāhī",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "اَفْسَر شاہی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "byurokratliq",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "word": "بيۇروكراتلىق"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "word": "byurokratiya"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "word": "bọn quan liêu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "word": "bộ máy quan liêu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "system of administration",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "biwrocratiaeth"
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          "_dis1": "3 63 3 31",
          "code": "yi",
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          "roman": "byurokratye",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ביוראָקראַטיע"
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        {
          "text": "The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy. (apocryphal quip)",
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        }
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          "_dis1": "15 19 54 13",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "burocràcia"
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          "_dis1": "15 19 54 13",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "body of officers",
          "word": "官僚體制"
        },
        {
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        {
          "_dis1": "15 19 54 13",
          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "body of officers",
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            "neuter"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 19 54 13",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "body of officers",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 19 54 13",
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          "sense": "body of officers",
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        {
          "_dis1": "15 19 54 13",
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          "sense": "body of officers",
          "word": "byrokratia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "15 19 54 13",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "word": "hallitus"
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        {
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          ],
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          "_dis1": "15 19 54 13",
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          "sense": "body of officers",
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          "word": "oficialismo"
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          "_dis1": "15 19 54 13",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 May 20, Andrew Haines talks to Stefanie Foster, “Repurpose rail for the 2020s”, in Rail, page 35",
          "text": "\"If we can capture anything from this awful situation, it is that ability to trust people to do certain things for themselves and to look out for each other, and to give them the tools to do their job as well as they can without having to go through endless bureaucracy to achieve it, which very often just delays and dilutes and doesn't add much value.",
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        "(chiefly derogatory) Excessive red tape and routine in any administration, body or behaviour."
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "adhikārīvarg",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "अधिकारीवर्ग"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "naukarśāhī",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "नौकरशाही"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "daftarśāhī",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "दफ़्तरशाही"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "afsarśāhī",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "अफ़सरशाही"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "word": "bürokrácia"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skrifræði"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skrifstofuveldi"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "regluveldi"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "word": "birokrasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maorlathas"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "burocrazia"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かんりょうせい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kanryōsei",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "word": "官僚制"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "bürokratiä",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "word": "бюрократия"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "töreşıldık",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "word": "төрешілдік"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kaareyaathipaʼtay",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "word": "ការិយាធិបតេយ្យ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "官僚制",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gwallyoje",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "word": "관료제"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "word": "bîrokrasî"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "word": "burokrasî"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "word": "bîrokratî"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "byurokratiya",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "word": "бюрократия"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "pha nyāt ʼāt sa nyā sit",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "word": "ພະຍາດອາດຊະຍາສິດ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "birokrātija"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "biurokratija"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "birokrátija",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бирокра́тија"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "word": "birokrasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xünd surtal",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "хүнд суртал"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "byråkrati"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "byurokrāsi",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "بيوروکراسي"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "divân-sâlâri",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "word": "دیوانسالاری"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "burokrâsi",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "word": "بوروکراسی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "biurokracja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "literary",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "biuralizm"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "burocracia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "afasraśāhī",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ਅਫ਼ਸਰਸ਼ਾਹੀ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "birocrație"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bjurokrátija",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бюрокра́тия"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "word": "bureaucracie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бирократија"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "birokratija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "byrokracia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "birokracija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "burocracia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "byråkrati"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "byurokratiya",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "word": "бюрократия"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "adhikāra vargaṁ",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "word": "అధికార వర్గం"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "am-mâat-dtà-yaa-típ-bpà-dtai",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "word": "อำมาตยาธิปไตย"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "rá-bòp-kâa-râat-chá-gaan-bprà-jam",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "word": "ระบบข้าราชการประจำ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "word": "bürokrasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "word": "býurokratiýa"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bjurokrátija",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бюрокра́тія"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "daftar śāhī",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "دَفْتَر شاہی"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "naukar śāhī",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "نَوکَر شاہی"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "afsar śāhī",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "اَفْسَر شاہی"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "byurokratliq",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "word": "بيۇروكراتلىق"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "word": "byurokratiya"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "word": "bọn quan liêu"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "word": "bộ máy quan liêu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "biwrocratiaeth"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "byurokratye",
      "sense": "system of administration",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ביוראָקראַטיע"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "body of officers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "burocràcia"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "body of officers",
      "word": "官僚體制"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "guānliáo tǐzhì",
      "sense": "body of officers",
      "word": "官僚体制"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "body of officers",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ambtenarenapparaat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "body of officers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bureaucratie"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "body of officers",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "apparaat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "body of officers",
      "word": "byrokratia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "body of officers",
      "word": "hallitus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "body of officers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Beamtenapparat"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "body of officers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "biurokracja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "body of officers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "burocracia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "body of officers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oficialismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "body of officers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "burocracia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "excessive red tape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "burocràcia"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "excessive red tape",
      "word": "繁文縟節"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fánwénrùjié",
      "sense": "excessive red tape",
      "word": "繁文缛节"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "excessive red tape",
      "word": "形式主義"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xíngshìzhǔyì",
      "sense": "excessive red tape",
      "word": "形式主义"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "excessive red tape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bureaucratie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "excessive red tape",
      "word": "byrokratia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "excessive red tape",
      "word": "hallintokoneisto"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "excessive red tape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bürokratisierung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "excessive red tape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Bürokratismus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "excessive red tape",
      "word": "taero"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "excessive red tape",
      "word": "aparau"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "excessive red tape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "biurokracja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "excessive red tape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "burocracia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "excessive red tape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "burocracia"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bureaucracy"
}

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