HOW TO PRONOUNCE
bureaucracy
/bjʊˈɹɑkɹəsi/
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The opening keeps b followed by the y sound in yes. Make the next syllable stronger, then finish with a lighter ruh-see sequence.
4 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“The application was delayed by bureaucracy.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does bureaucracy mean?
noun
- Government by bureaus or their administrators or officers.
- 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.
- The body of officers and administrators, especially of a government.
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noun
- (derogatory) Excessive red tape and routine in any administration, body or behaviour.
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IPA pronunciation
/bjʊˈɹɑkɹəsi/
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Bureaucracy and autocracy are evils resulting from an undeveloped civilization, and have no place in a community where selfishness has been eliminated.
We come next to the consideration of the economic power of the State and the influence which it can exert through its bureaucracy.
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No separateness or secession on the one side, nor bureaucracy on the other--that is the typically American idea that underlies the ideal telephone system.
Otherwise, the leadership has often experienced in its hybrid system the worst results of socialism (bureaucracy, lassitude, corruption) and of capitalism (windfall gains and stepped-up inflation).