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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : byoo-rok-ruh-see |
| Phonetic Transcription : byʊˈrɒk rə si |
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Définition of bureaucracy
Origin :- 1818, from French bureaucratie, coined by French economist Jean Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay (1712-1759) on model of democratie, aristocratie, from bureau "office," literally "desk" (see bureau) + Greek suffix -kratia denoting "power of" (see -cracy).
- That vast net-work of administrative tyranny ... that system of bureaucracy, which leaves no free agent in all France, except for the man at Paris who pulls the wires. [J.S. Mill, "Westminster Review" XXVIII, 1837]bureaucrat, &c. The formation is so barbarous that all attempt at self-respect in pronunciation may perhaps as well be abandoned. [Fowler]
- noun system which controls organization
- It is but fair to say that venality is not one of the characteristics of the German bureaucracy.
- Extract from : « England and Germany » by Emile Joseph Dillon
- You are from that hour regarded as one of the younger children of Bureaucracy.
- Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever
- When this is understood, the nightmare of the bureaucracy of Socialism vanishes.
- Extract from : « Socialism » by John Spargo
- Even if the bureaucracy were omniscient, such a condition of life would be intolerable.
- Extract from : « Socialism » by John Spargo
- To live under a bureaucracy and not to see that it was funny!
- Extract from : « Gossamer » by George A. Birmingham
- Some people believe that the failure is due to the bureaucracy of education.
- Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
- How do we free ourselves from the choking grip of bureaucracy?
- Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
- A horde of other officers, old and new, made up the ranks of the bureaucracy.
- Extract from : « A History of Spain » by Charles E. Chapman
- Once the Bureaucracy was created there was hardly any limit to its functions.
- Extract from : « Meccania » by Owen Gregory
- Once set up a Bureaucracy and it will inevitably extend its functions.
- Extract from : « Meccania » by Owen Gregory
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