Plural of bureaucracy
regular plural
The plural of bureaucracy is bureaucracies.
Forms of bureaucracy
| Singular | bureaucracy /bjʊəˈɹɒk.ɹə.si/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | bureaucracies |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Bureaucracies in a sentence
- Each of the most provocative selections is facing criticism that they lack the expertise and experience to run the vast, specialized bureaucracies that would be under their control.2024 November 18, Stephen Collinson, “Trump doubles down on provocative Cabinet picks as their fates hang in the balance”, in CNN, archived...
- It is very difficult to get bureaucracies to abandon their institutionalized practices.From the entry institutionalized
- They tend to have constantly changing units (as opposed to the relatively stable functional departments of bureaucracies).1987, H. W. Hendrick, “Human Factors in Organizational Design and Management”, in Peter A. Hancock, editor, Human Factors Psychology…. From the entry adhocracy
- The superfirms tend to become elaborate bureaucracies, with special patterns of recruitment, in-service training, and so on.1975, Roger Hilsman, The crouching future: international politics and U.S. foreign policy. From the entry superfirm
- Diocesan bureaucracies were both symptom and cause of this.2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 378. From the entry diocesan
Meaning of bureaucracy
- noun Government by bureaus or their administrators or officers.
- noun A system of administration based upon organisation into bureaus, division of labour, a hierarchy of authority, etc., designed to dispose of a large body of work in a routine manner.
- noun The body of officers and administrators, especially of a government.
Questions about the plural of bureaucracy
- What is the plural of bureaucracy?
- The plural of bureaucracy is bureaucracies.
- Is bureaucracy countable?
- Bureaucracy is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bureaucracy (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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