Definition
Bureaucracy is a system of government or organization run by many offices, rules, and officials. It often suggests slow, complicated procedures and a lot of paperwork.
Etymology
From French “bureaucratie,” from “bureau,” meaning “desk or office,” and “-cracy,” meaning “rule or power.” It literally means “rule by desks” or by office workers.
Kelly Says
“Bureaucracy” literally says that desks are in charge—power sits in offices, not just in leaders’ speeches. When people complain about bureaucracy, they’re really fighting the invisible web of forms and rules that quietly run modern life.
Translations
ARالعربية
بيروقراطية
byroqrāṭīyah
BNবাংলা
আমলাতান্ত্রিকতা
āmalātāntrikotā
CSČeština
byrokracie
byrokracije
DADansk
bureaukrati
byʁoˈkʁɑˀti
DEDeutsch
Bürokratie
byʁoˈkʁaːti̯ə
ELΕλληνικά
γραφειοκρατία
ɣrafio.kraˈti.a
ESEspañol
burocracia
burokraˈθia
FISuomi
byrokratia
byroˈkratia
FRFrançais
bureaucratie
byʁo.kʁa.si
HEעברית
ביורוקרטיה
bi.yu.ro.kra.ti.ya
HIहिन्दी
अधिकारशाही
adhikārashāhī
HUMagyar
bürokrácia
byrokrɑːtsiɒ
IDBahasa Indonesia
birokrasi
bi.ro.kra.si
ITItaliano
burocrazia
buroˈkrat͡sja
NLNederlands
bureaucratie
byʁo.kraːˈsi
NONorsk
byråkrati
byʁoˈkrɑːti
PLPolski
biurokracja
bʲu.rɔˈkra.t͡sja
PTPortuguês
burocracia
buɾo.kɾaˈsi.ɐ
RORomână
birocrație
bi.ro.kraˈtsi.e
RUРусский
бюрократия
bʲurɐˈkratʲɪjə
SVSvenska
byråkrati
bʏˈroʊ̯.krɑː.ti
THไทย
ระบบราชการ
rābop rātchakān
TRTürkçe
bürokrasi
byʊɾo.kɾa.si
UKУкраїнська
бюрократія
bʲuroˈkrat⁽ʲ⁾i.ja
VITiếng Việt
chế độ quan liêu
tɕe˧˧ ɗəʊ˧ kwɐn˧˧ liəw˧˧
ZH中文
官僚主义
guān liáo zhǔ yì