bureaucracy
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
nonelective government officials
Types & categories
- government officials hypernym
- Pentagon hyponym
Parts & wholes
- civil service member meronym
Related & opposite
- bureaucratic derivation
Sense 2 noun
a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials
Types & categories
- government hypernym
Related & opposite
- bureaucratic derivation
Sense 3 noun
any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape
Types & categories
- organization hypernym
Related & opposite
- bureaucratic derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bureaucratic |
| 1 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | civil service |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | government officials |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Pentagon |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bureaucratic |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | government |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | bureaucratic |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | organization |