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bu·reau·crat·ic
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əˈkræt
ɪk
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adjective
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a
bureaucrat
or a
bureaucracy
; arbitrary and routine.
Origin:
1830–40;
<
French
bureaucratique.
See
bureaucrat
,
-ic
Related forms
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
sem·i·bu·reau·crat·i·cal·ly,
adverb
un·bu·reau·crat·ic,
adjective
un·bu·reau·crat·i·cal·ly,
adverb
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bureaucratic
(ˌbjʊərəˈkrætɪk)
—
adj
of or relating to bureaucrats; characterized by bureaucracy
bureaucratically
—
adv
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
bureaucratic
1836, from Fr. bureaucratique; see
bureaucracy
. Bureaucratization is from 1916.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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