бюрократия

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Russian

Etymology

From French bureaucratie, likely through German Bürokratie. Stressed the same way as in бюрокра́т.

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Noun

бюрокра́тия (bjurokrátijaf inan (genitive бюрокра́тии, uncountable)

  1. (usually uncountable) bureaucracy, the excessive power of civil servants
  2. (usually uncountable) officialdom, the officials, the class of civil servants
    Synonym: чиновничество (činovničestvo)
  3. (usually uncountable) red tape
    Synonym: бюрократи́зм (bjurokratízm)

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  • Georgian: ბიუროკრატია (biuroḳraṭia)

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бюрократия”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Shansky, N. M. (1965) “бюрократия”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 2 (Б), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 248
  • Anikin, A. E. (2011) “бюрократия”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 5 (буба – вакштаф), Moscow: Znak, →ISBN, page 297