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bureaucratize

[ byoo-rok-ruh-tahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, bu·reauc·ra·tized, bu·reauc·ra·tiz·ing.
  1. to divide an administrative agency or office into bureaus.
  2. to increase the number of government or business bureaus.
  3. to cause to become bureaucratic or to resemble a bureaucracy:

    to bureaucratize a city's social services.

bureaucratize

/ bjʊəˈrɒkrəˌtaɪz /

verb

  1. tr to administer by or transform into a bureaucracy

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Derived Forms

  • buˌreaucratiˈzation, noun

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Other Words From

  • bu·reaucra·ti·zation noun
  • debu·reaucra·tize verb (used with object) debureaucratized debureaucratizing

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Word History and Origins

Origin of bureaucratize1

From the French word bureaucratiser, dating back to 1890–95. See bureaucrat, -ize

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bureaucraticbureau de change

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