bureaucracies
- 1Plural of bureaucracy.
Modern states rely on sprawling bureaucracies to administer public services.
Reformers argued that competing bureaucracies were duplicating each other's work.
Note
A plural that counts administrations rather than naming a way of governing: two ministries, each with its own officers and chain of authority, are two bureaucracies. Because a consonant comes before the final -y, the y turns to i before -es. Every meaning of the singular can be counted, including the derogatory one, so complaints about bureaucracies are often complaints about their red tape.
bureaucracies is a form of bureaucracy
bureaucracy, noun: Excessive paperwork and rigid routine that bogs down any organization, body, or process. Full entry
- Forms
- bureaucracybureaucracies plural
- Spelling
- bureaucracy → bureaucracies: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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