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Bureaucracy

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(1):

(n.) Government officials, collectively.

(2):

(n.) 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Bureaucracy'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/bureaucracy.html. 1828.
 
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