Bureaucracy

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/bjʊrˈɑkrəsiː/ · ब्यूरॉक्रसी

Meaning

A government run by officials in a state

Government by unelected officials; a system of complex official procedures.

A government with non-elected officials

a system of government by officials

हिंदी अर्थ

अफ़सरशाही, बिना चुने अधिकारियों द्वारा शासन

नौकरशाही

Example sentences

The file was lost somewhere in the bureaucracy.

Reform is slowed by layers of bureaucracy.

Bureaucracy often slows down work.

Daily use: Bureaucracy mein file ek table se doosri table ghumti rehti hai.

Word forms
Bureaucracy nBureaucrat nBureaucratic adjBureaucratically adv
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इसे bureau + cracy में तोड़िए। Bureau यानी दफ़्तर की मेज़ और cracy यानी शासन, जैसे democracy में। मेज़ के पीछे बैठे अफ़सरों का शासन — bureaucracy। Spelling के लिए B-U-R-E-A-U अलग रखिए और फिर CRACY जोड़िए।

Split it as BUREAU + CRACY. A bureau is an office desk, and -cracy means rule (as in democracy). Bureaucracy is the rule of officials sitting behind office desks. For spelling, keep B-U-R-E-A-U separate and then add CRACY.

Exam note

-cracy परिवार SSC का पसंदीदा है: democracy जनता, autocracy एक व्यक्ति, aristocracy कुलीन, plutocracy धनी, theocracy धर्मगुरु, meritocracy योग्यता। अधिकारी को bureaucrat कहते हैं।

The -cracy family is an SSC favourite: Democracy (people), Autocracy (one person), Aristocracy (nobles), Plutocracy (the rich), Theocracy (religious leaders) and Meritocracy (merit). The official is a Bureaucrat.

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