Bureaucracy

Noun

 * 1) Structure and regulations in place to control activity. Usually in large organizations and government operations.

Adjectives for Bureaucracy
smug; Teutonic; decadent; hardhearted; centralized.

Related terms
bureaucrat; bureaucratic

Thesaurus
ministry, official jargon, officialdom, officialism, prelacy, red tape, red-tapeism, red-tapery, round, routine, ruling class, ruling classes, run, rut, squirrel cage, the Establishment, the administration, the authorities, the ingroup, the interests, the people upstairs, the power elite, the power structure, the top, them, they, top brass, track, treadmill, well-worn groove, administration, authorities, beadledom, beat, beaten path, bumbledom, bureaucratism, chinoiserie, daily grind, directorate, government, grind, groove, hierarchy, higher echelons, higher-ups, jog trot, management,

Alternative forms

 * bureaucratie
 * bureau-ocracy