Synonyms for bureaucracy
byʊˈrɒk rə sibu·reau·cra·cy

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1. bureaucracy, bureaucratismnoun

   nonelective government officials

   Synonyms:
   bureaucratism

2. bureaucracynoun

   a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials

   Synonyms:
   bureaucratism

3. bureaucracynoun

   any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape

   Synonyms:
   bureaucratism

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1. • Government
   • Organization

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1. List of paraphrases for "bureaucracy":

   tape, red-tape, bureaucratism, bureaucratic, bureaucratisation, paperwork, officialdom

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1. Eugene McCarthy:

   The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is inefficiency. An efficient bureaucracy is the greatest threat to liberty.

2. Jesus Torrealba:

   Today they want to win in the halls of bureaucracy what they couldn't win with the votes of the people, with this attitude, opposing the will of the people, they're losing what little legitimacy they had.

3. Dan Ives:

   I'd say 30 % of investors we talked to over the last six months thought Berlin was never going to open because of the red tape and bureaucracy, many investors were fearing [ Tesla ] would never have a beachhead in Europe and it would just be an empty factory.

4. James Hick:

   Leaving the EU will make it much more difficult to attract the brightest and best, it will mean more bureaucracy for those coming to Britain and salaries could be less competitive, especially if sterling falls, as many warn it could - including the Bank of England.

5. Wellian Wiranto:

   You have Jokowi still saying the right things, but at the end of the day he has to be supported by the rank and file, not just the cabinet, but also the bureaucracy at large, and that part I think is still not getting the message.