papyrocracyEtymologyFrom papyro- (“papyrus, paper”) + -cracy (“rule by”).papyrocracy means synonym of bureaucracy: rule by excessive paperwork or regulation. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 100 out of 100.nounSynonym of bureaucracy: rule by excessive paperwork or regulation.“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.”