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Peaceblinkfriend Posted 19 years ago
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'bureauratic' - what does it mean?

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12br 12br 10Please do also tell me how and when this word is used . 12br 12br 10thank you very much 12br 12br 10E12br 12blockquote 11b 01font 00It comes from the French 01i 00bureau02i 00, meaning 'office'. A bureaucracy is a governing body based on a series of officials, usually non-elected.

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  • 12br 12br 10Please do also tell me how and when this word is used .
  • 12br 12br 10thank you very much 12br 12br 10E12br 12blockquote 11b 01font 00It comes from the French 01i 00bureau02i 00, meaning 'office'.
  • A bureaucracy is a governing body based on a series of officials, usually non-elected.
  • 'Bureaucratic' is often used as a pejorative term to refer to the relative inefficient work that these people do.
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