BUREAUCRACY

11 letters 20 Scrabble points /bjʊəˈɹɒkɹəsi/

Definition of BUREAUCRACY

noun

  1. Government by bureaus or their administrators or officers.

  2. (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.

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

  3. The body of officers and administrators, especially of a government.

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

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters B U R E A U C R A C Y
Length 11 letters
Scrabble Score 20 points