11
government(noun, organization, control, rule, authority)
7
bureaucratism
6
hierarchy(noun, structure)
5
officialdom(noun, organization, government, paperwork, formalities)
5
officialism
4
administration(noun, organization, state, power, rule)
4
management(noun, organization)
4
formalities(noun, paperwork)
3
red tape(noun, expression, idiom, organization, authority)
3
ministry(noun, organization, state, power, rule)
3
bureaucracies
2
beadledom(noun, organization, government)
2
apparatus(noun, organization, system)
2
directorate(noun, organization)
2
powers that be(noun, expression, idiom, organization)
2
aristocracy
1
bumbledom
1
authority(noun, organization, state, power, rule)
1
authorities
1
advisers(noun, authority, assembly, administration, council)
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