คำว่า ' bureaucracy ' ( N )
มีความหมายในภาษาไทยว่า ระบบบริหารที่มีพิธีรีตรอง
คำนิยามในภาษาอังกฤษ (definition) :
[n.] A system of carrying on the business of government by means of departments or bureaus, each under the control of a chief, in contradiction to a system in which the officers of government have an associated authority and responsibility; also, government conducted on this system.
[n.] Government officials, collectively.