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