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Webster 1913 Edition
Bureaucracy
Bu-reau′cra-cy
,Noun.
[
Bureau
+ Gr. [GREEK] to be strong, to govern, [GREEK] 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.