bureaucracy#2 (n)

n08009659

type n
lex_filenum 14
def any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape
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Hypernym organization, organisation
Derivationally related form bureaucracy → bureaucratic
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Derivationally related form bureaucratic → bureaucracy
Hyponym organization, organisation

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