Bureaucracy Allusions, Definition, Citation, Reference, Information - Allusion to Bureaucracy


  1. Brid’oison, Judge jurist who loves red tape. [Fr. Lit.: Marriage of Figaro]
  2. Catch-22 concerned with the frustration of red-tape mechanisms. [Am. Lit.: Catch-22]
  3. Circumlocution Office, the department of efficient bureaucratic evasiveness. [Br. Lit.: Little Dorrit]
  4. Inspector General, The drama highlighting foibles of petty officialdom. [Russ. Lit.: The Inspector General]
  5. M ° A ° S ° H bitter farce on bungling bureaucracy in a Korean Army hospital. [Am. Cinema and TV: Halliwell, 474–475]
  6. red tape excessive formality; bureaucratic paperwork. [Am. and Br. Usage: Misc.]
  7. Secretary, the repeatedly refuses permission to see the Consul. [Am. Opera: Menotti, The Consul, Westerman, 552–553]
  8. Trial, The novel of individual accused of crime by impersonal bureaucracy. [Ger. Lit.: The Trial]