Bureaucratese
a style of language, used especially by bureaucrats, that is full of circumlocutions, euphemisms, buzzwords, abstractions, etc.
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- Bureaucratically
of, relating to, or characteristic of a bureaucrat or a bureaucracy; arbitrary and routine. Contemporary Examples What’s Missing from the Jerusalem Day Speil Gershom Gorenberg May 20, 2012 How Netanyahu Plays the Settlement Game Michael Omer-Man November 12, 2013 Historical Examples Nursing as Caring Anne Boykin adjective of or relating to bureaucrats; characterized by bureaucracy […]
- Bureaucratize
to divide an administrative agency or office into bureaus. to increase the number of government or business bureaus. to cause to become bureaucratic or to resemble a bureaucracy: to bureaucratize a city’s social services. verb (transitive) to administer by or transform into a bureaucracy
- Bureaucratism
an official of a bureaucracy. an official who works by fixed routine without exercising intelligent judgment. Historical Examples Government in Republican China Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger noun an official in a bureaucracy an official who adheres to bureaucracy, esp rigidly n. bureaucrat [(byoor-uh-krat)]
- Bureaucratization
to divide an administrative agency or office into bureaus. to increase the number of government or business bureaus. to cause to become bureaucratic or to resemble a bureaucracy: to bureaucratize a city’s social services. verb (transitive) to administer by or transform into a bureaucracy
- Bureaux
a chest of drawers, often with a mirror at the top. a division of a government department or an independent administrative unit. an office for collecting or distributing news or information, coordinating work, or performing specified services; agency: a travel bureau; a news bureau. Chiefly British. a desk or writing table with drawers for papers. […]