Related Words for bureaucracy

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bureaucrat
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Noun
bureaucratization
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Noun
officialdom
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Noun
inefficiency
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Noun
government
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Noun
cronyism
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Noun
autocracy
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Noun
technocracy
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Noun
morass
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Noun
administrative
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Adjective
byzantine
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Name
incompetence
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Noun
centralization
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Noun
centralism
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Noun
corruption
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Noun
technocratic
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Adjective
politicization
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Noun
sclerotic
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Noun
governance
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Noun
politicking
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Noun
functionary
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Noun
paperwork
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Noun
corporatism
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Noun
oligarchy
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Noun
managerialism
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Noun
politics
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Noun
disorganization
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Noun
dictatorship
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Noun
nepotism
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Noun
arbitrariness
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Noun
authoritarianism
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Noun
bungling
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Noun
statism
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Noun
autocratic
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Adjective
incompetency
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Noun
policymaking
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Noun
commissars
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Noun
inefficient
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Adjective
ideology
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Noun
factionalism
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Noun
directorate
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Noun
regimentation
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Noun
secrecy
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Noun
hierarchy
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Noun
pettiness
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Noun
stultifying
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Adjective
administration
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Noun
ineptitude
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Noun
judiciary
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Noun
tyranny
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Noun
clientelism
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Noun
mismanagement
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Noun
regulations
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Noun
quagmire
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Noun
parochialism
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Noun
bureau
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Noun
apparatus
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Noun
regimen
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Noun
agency
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Noun
regime
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Noun
ministry
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Noun
organ
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Noun
presidency
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Noun
public administration
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Phrase, Noun
application
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Noun
police
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Noun
authorities
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Noun
office
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Noun
public service
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Phrase, Noun
administrative law
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Phrase, Noun
secretariat
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Noun
aristocracy
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Noun
admin
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Noun
judicature
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Noun
rule
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Noun
public office
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Phrase, Noun
economy
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Noun
service
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Noun
civil service
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Name, Name
chapter
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Noun
cabinet
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Noun
govern
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Verb
shogunate
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Noun
department
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Noun
governorship
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Noun
power structure
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Phrase, Noun
polity
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Noun
oversight
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Noun
bylaw
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Noun
constitutionalism
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Noun
machine
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Noun
council
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Noun
corporation
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Noun
bloated
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Adjective
echelons
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Noun
professionalized
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Adjective
patrimonial
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Adjective
streamlining
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Verb
entrenched
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Adjective, Verb
stalinist
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Adjective
overblown
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Adjective
faceless
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Adjective
unwieldy
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Adjective
elephantine
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Adjective
banishing
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Verb
meritocratic
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Adjective
unresponsive
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Adjective
cumbersome
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Adjective
ossified
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Adjective
burgeoning
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Verb
centralised
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Adjective
impersonality
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Noun
stifling
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Verb
bogged
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Verb
uncaring
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Adjective
dysfunctions
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Noun
taming
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Verb
mired
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Verb
staff
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Verb
sprawling
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Verb
unelected
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Adjective
oversees
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Verb
prussian
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Adjective
tsarist
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Adjective
soulless
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Adjective
lethargic
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Adjective
unimaginative
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Adjective
adheres
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Verb
administrators
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Noun
armies
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Noun
cloth
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Noun
directors
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Noun
inspectorate
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Noun
juggernaut
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Noun
military
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Adjective, Noun
official
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Adjective, Noun
organisation
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Noun
organization
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Noun
pentagon
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Name
planners
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Noun
tape
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Noun, Verb
expression
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Noun
headlines
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Noun
milestone
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Noun, Verb
oh
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Noun, Verb
tell
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Verb, Noun
vernacular
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Noun, Adjective
literally
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Adverb
collocation
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Noun
standard
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Adjective, Noun
dialect
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Noun
maypole
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Noun, Verb
chunk
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Noun, Verb
cluster
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Noun, Verb
girly
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Adjective, Noun
sorta
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Adverb
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective
stovepipe
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Noun, Verb