Academic bureaucracy Synonyms

Definitions for Academic


  • (adjective) of or relating to schooling or learning especially at an advanced level
  • (adjective) very learned or educated but inexperienced in practical matters
  • (adjective) existing only as an assumption or speculation

Definitions for Bureaucracy


  • (noun) a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials
  • (noun) nonelective government officials
  • (noun) any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape