bureaucracy

1. (countable, uncountable)Government by bureaus or their administrators or officers.

   Beamtentum, Bürokratie

   бюрокра́тияbjurokrátija

   бюрократіяbjurokratija

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

2. (countable, uncountable)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.

   At that time the administration replaced the system of patronage in the civil service with a bureaucracy.

   Verwaltungsapparat, Bürokratie

   бюрокра́тияbjurokrátija

   бюрокра́тіяbjurokrátija

3. (countable, uncountable)The body of officers and administrators, especially of a government.

   The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy. (apocryphal quip)

   Beamtenapparat

   nonelective government officials

4. (countable, derogatory, uncountable)Excessive red tape and routine in any administration, body or behaviour.

   The head of the civil service promised to clamp down on bureaucracy.

   Bürokratisierung, Bürokratismus

1. I hate bureaucracy.

   Ненавиджу бюрократію.

   ruНенавижу бюрократию.

   deIch hasse Bürokratie.

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2. Algerians are fed up of bureaucracy.

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3. Algeria was known for its bureaucracy.

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4. Algeria had a strong centralized bureaucracy.

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5. Algerians are tired of bureaucracy and inefficiency.

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