| slovo | definícia |
bureaucracy
(mass) | bureaucracy
- byrokracia |
bureaucracy
(encz) | bureaucracy,byrokracie n: Zdeněk Brož |
Bureaucracy
(gcide) | Bureaucracy \Bu*reau"cra*cy\, n. [Bureau + Gr. ? to be strong,
to govern, ? strength: cf. F. bureaucratie.]
1. A system of carrying on the business of government by
means of departments or bureaus, each under the control of
a chief, in contradiction to a system in which the
officers of government have an associated authority and
responsibility; also, government conducted on this system.
[1913 Webster]
2. Government officials, collectively; -- used especially of
nonelected government officials.
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
bureaucracy
(wn) | bureaucracy
n 1: nonelective government officials [syn: bureaucracy,
bureaucratism]
2: a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that
are staffed with nonelective officials
3: any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence
on unnecessary procedures and red tape |
BUREAUCRACY
(bouvier) | BUREAUCRACY. The abuse of official influence in the affairs of government;
corruption. This word has lately been adopted to signify that those persons
who are employed in bureaus abuse their authority by intrigue to promote
their own benefit, or that of friends, rather than the public good. The word
is derived from the French.
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Bureaucracy
(gcide) | Bureaucracy \Bu*reau"cra*cy\, n. [Bureau + Gr. ? to be strong,
to govern, ? strength: cf. F. bureaucratie.]
1. A system of carrying on the business of government by
means of departments or bureaus, each under the control of
a chief, in contradiction to a system in which the
officers of government have an associated authority and
responsibility; also, government conducted on this system.
[1913 Webster]
2. Government officials, collectively; -- used especially of
nonelected government officials.
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
BUREAUCRACY
(bouvier) | BUREAUCRACY. The abuse of official influence in the affairs of government;
corruption. This word has lately been adopted to signify that those persons
who are employed in bureaus abuse their authority by intrigue to promote
their own benefit, or that of friends, rather than the public good. The word
is derived from the French.
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