bureaucracy

English Thesaurus

1. any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape (noun.group)

hypernym	:	organisation, organization,
definition	:	a group of people who work together (noun.group)

2. a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials (noun.group)

hypernym	:	authorities, government, regime,
definition	:	the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit (noun.group)

3. nonelective government officials (noun.group)

hypernym	:	government officials, officialdom,
definition	:	people elected or appointed to administer a government (noun.group)

hyponym	:	pentagon,
definition	:	the United States military establishment (noun.group)

member holonym	:	civil service,
definition	:	government workers; usually hired on the basis of competitive examinations (noun.group)

4. any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape (noun.group)

derivation	:	bureaucratic, bureaucratic, bureaucratic,
definition	:	of or relating to or resembling a bureaucrat or bureaucracy (adj.pert)

derivation	:	bureaucratic, bureaucratic, bureaucratic,
definition	:	of or relating to or resembling a bureaucrat or bureaucracy (adj.pert)