bureaucratic
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French bureaucratique, from bureaucrate (“bureaucrat”) or bureaucratie (“bureaucracy”) + -ique (“-ic”), equivalent to bureaucrat + -ic or bureau + -cratic.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˌbjʊəɹəˈkɹætɪk/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ætɪk
Adjective
editbureaucratic (comparative more bureaucratic, superlative most bureaucratic)
- Of or pertaining to bureaucracy or the actions of bureaucrats.
- 2014 March 2, Jan Morris, “Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Scott Anderson, review: A skilful account of T. E. Lawrence and his role in the painful birth of an emerging Middle East [print version: A rock in Arabia's shifting sands, 1 March 2014, p. R26]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review)[1]:
- [T. E.] Lawrence said that in the end he felt himself to be fighting not for the imperial British but for the rebellious Arabs. All too often he conflicted with British bureaucratic fustiness.
- 2017 December 8, Steven Erlanger, “Brexit Talks Headed for a Second, More Difficult Phase”, in The New York Times[2]:
- European Union is legalistic, bureaucratic and runs by precedent.
- 2025 March 27, Jessica Glenza, “RFK Jr plans 10,000 job cuts in restructuring of US health department”, in The Guardian[3]:
- “We aren’t just reducing bureaucratic sprawl. We are realigning the organization with its core mission and our new priorities in reversing the chronic disease epidemic,” Kennedy said on Thursday morning.
Derived terms
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editTranslations
editof or pertaining to bureaucracy
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