1. Government or organization officials collectively
   "The bureaucracy worked hard to implement the legislation"
    
2. A system of government administration carried out through departments staffed by non-elected officials
   "a study of Soviet bureaucracy"
    
3. Administration characterized by excessive rules, procedures and paperwork
   "The company's bureaucracy made it difficult to implement new ideas quickly"

Derived forms: bureaucracies

Type of: authorities, government, government officials, officialdom, org [informal], organisation [Brit], organization, regime

Encyclopedia: Bureaucracy