LEARNit Dictionary
bureaucracy
noun
/bjʊəˈrɒkrəsi/
UK
/bjʊˈrɑːkrəsi/
US
C1+
1
C1+
the system of official rules and ways of doing things that a government or an organization has, especially when these seem to be too complicated
دیوانسالاری, کاغذبازی, بوروکراسی
2
C1+
a system of government in which there are a large number of state officials who are not elected; a country with such a system
بوروکراسی, دیوانسالاری
the power of the state bureaucracy
We are living in a modern bureaucracy.