noun
nonelective government officials
• Syn: ↑bureaucracy
• Derivationally related forms: ↑bureaucratic (for: ↑bureaucracy)
• Hypernyms: ↑government officials, ↑officialdom
• Hyponyms: ↑Pentagon
• Member Meronyms: ↑civil service
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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ as at bureaucrat+ˌkrad.ˌizəm or -aˌti-; ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ as at bureaucracy+_krəˌtizəm\ noun (-s) : a bureaucratic system : bureaucracy
Useful english dictionary. 2012.