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n. - A system of administration marked by red tape.

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  • The plan to battle bureaucratism, which is being carried out in the best manner possible and overall with the aim of using all surplus personnel who have been placed in...
  • It is important to note, however, that the language of perestroika rooting out "bureaucratism" was used here to suppress protests.
  • "bureaucratism", which he then believed pervaded the CCP to such a degree that it was creating
  • Of course, that vice of bureaucratism is not easily combated.
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