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bu·reauc·ra·tize
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byʊˈrɒk
rəˌtaɪz
/
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verb (used with object),
-tized,
-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.
Also,
especially British
,
bu·reauc·ra·tise
.
Origin:
1890–95;
<
French
bureaucratiser.
See
bureaucrat
,
-ize
Related forms
bu·reauc·ra·ti·za·tion,
noun
de·bu·reauc·ra·tize,
verb (used with object),
-tized,
-tiz·ing.
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bureaucratize
or
bureaucratise
(bjʊəˈrɒkrəˌtaɪz)
—
vb
(
tr
) to administer by or transform into a bureaucracy
bureaucratise
or
bureaucratise
—
vb
bureaucrati'zation
or
bureaucratise
—
n
bureaucrati'sation
or
bureaucratise
—
n
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