Papyrocracy

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of bureaucracy: rule by excessive paperwork or regulation. uncommon, uncountable

    "That Government, however, had a "vow in heaven" against sparing one drop of blood which the tribunals had once devoted to the altars of the Papyrocracy."

Synonyms

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bureaucracy

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"That Government, however, had a "vow in heaven" against sparing one drop of blood which the tribunals had once devoted to the altars of the Papyrocracy."

Etymology

From papyro- (“papyrus, paper”) + -cracy (“rule by”).

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