bureaucratic

[byoor-uh-krat-ik] Origin

bu·reau·crat·ic

[byoor-uh-krat-ik]
adjective
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a bureaucrat or a bureaucracy; arbitrary and routine.

Origin:
1830–40; < French bureaucratique. See bureaucrat, -ic

bu·reau·crat·i·cal·ly, adverb
an·ti·bu·reau·crat·ic, adjective
non·bu·reau·crat·ic, adjective
non·bu·reau·crat·i·cal·ly, adverb
sem·i·bu·reau·crat·ic, adjective
EXPAND
sem·i·bu·reau·crat·i·cal·ly, adverb
un·bu·reau·crat·ic, adjective
un·bu·reau·crat·i·cal·ly, adverb
COLLAPSE
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bureaucratic (ˌbjʊərəˈkrætɪk)
 
adj
of or relating to bureaucrats; characterized by bureaucracy
 
bureaucratically
 
adv

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bureaucratic
1836, from Fr. bureaucratique; see bureaucracy. Bureaucratization is from 1916.
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