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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
Example sentences :
  • 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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