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We can't afford to sacrifice another generation of American children to bureaucratic politics. We've got to get it done. The future, the health, the life - our nation depends on it and it's just foolish to think or act otherwise.
LeVar Burton

Meaning of "bureaucratic" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BUREAUCRATIC

bureaucratic  [ˌbjʊərəˈkrætɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BUREAUCRATIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bureaucratic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES BUREAUCRATIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

bureaucratic

Bureaucracy

A bureaucracy is "a body of non elective government officials" and/or "an administrative policy-making group." Historically, bureaucracy referred to government administration managed by departments staffed with nonelected officials. In modern parlance, bureaucracy refers to the administrative system governing any large institution. Since being coined, the word "bureaucracy" has developed negative connotations for some. Bureaucracies are criticized when they become too complex, inefficient, or too inflexible. The dehumanizing effects of excessive bureaucracy were a major theme in the work of Franz Kafka, and were central to his masterpiece The Trial. The elimination of unnecessary bureaucracy is a key concept in modern managerial theory, and has been a central issue in numerous political campaigns. Others have defended the necessity of bureaucracies. The German sociologist Max Weber argued that bureaucracy constitutes the most efficient and rational way in which human activity can be organized, and that systematic processes and organized hierarchies were necessary to maintain order, maximize efficiency and eliminate favoritism.

Definition of bureaucratic in the English dictionary

The definition of bureaucratic in the dictionary is of or relating to bureaucrats; characterized by bureaucracy.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BUREAUCRATIC


antidemocratic
ˌæntɪˌdɛməˈkrætɪk
aristocratic
ˌærɪstəˈkrætɪk
autocratic
ˌɔːtəˈkrætɪk
democratic
ˌdɛməˈkrætɪk
hierocratic
ˌhaɪərəˈkrætɪk
Hippocratic
ˌhɪpəˈkrætɪk
idiosyncratic
ˌɪdɪəʊsɪŋˈkrætɪk
isocratic
ˌaɪsəʊˈkrætɪk
kleptocratic
ˌklɛptəʊˈkrætɪk
meritocratic
ˌmɛrɪtəʊˈkrætɪk
nondemocratic
ˌnɒndɛməˈkrætɪk
ochlocratic
ˌɒkləˈkrætɪk
pantisocratic
ˌpæntɪsəʊˈkrætɪk
plutocratic
ˌpluːtəˈkrætɪk
Socratic
sɒˈkrætɪk
stratocratic
ˌstrætəˈkrætɪk
technocratic
ˌteknəˈkrætɪk
theocratic
θɪəˈkrætɪk
ultrademocratic
ˌʌltrəˌdeməˈkrætɪk
undemocratic
ˌʌndɛməˈkrætɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BUREAUCRATIC

burdock
bureau
bureau de change
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Bureau of Prisons
bureaucracies
bureaucracy
bureaucrat
bureaucratese
bureaucratically
bureaucratisation
bureaucratise
bureaucratism
bureaucratist
bureaucratization
bureaucratize
bureaux
bureaux de change
buret
burette

WORDS THAT END LIKE BUREAUCRATIC

acratic
akratic
automatic
biquadratic
Christian Democratic
conglomeratic
cosmocratic
dyscratic
erratic
gynecocratic
hieratic
magistratic
nonaristocratic
operatic
pedantocratic
piratic
quadratic
social democratic
umbratic
unbureaucratic
uratic

Synonyms and antonyms of bureaucratic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BUREAUCRATIC»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «bureaucratic» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of bureaucratic

Translation of «bureaucratic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BUREAUCRATIC

Find out the translation of bureaucratic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bureaucratic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bureaucratic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

官僚主义的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

burocrático
570 millions of speakers

English

bureaucratic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नौकरशाही
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

البيروقراطية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бюрократическая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

burocrático
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আমলাতান্ত্রিক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bureaucratique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Birokratik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bürokratisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

手続きの煩雑な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

요식에 따른
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Birokrasi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

quan liêu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அதிகாரத்துவ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नोकरशाही
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bürokratik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

burocratico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

biurokratyczna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бюрократична
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

birocratic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γραφειοκρατική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

burokratiese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

byråkratisk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

byråkratisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bureaucratic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BUREAUCRATIC»

The term «bureaucratic» is quite widely used and occupies the 33.566 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BUREAUCRATIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bureaucratic

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10 QUOTES WITH «BUREAUCRATIC»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word bureaucratic.
1
LeVar Burton
We can't afford to sacrifice another generation of American children to bureaucratic politics. We've got to get it done. The future, the health, the life - our nation depends on it and it's just foolish to think or act otherwise.
2
Anna Maria Chavez
Too often, nonprofits are viewed as rigid and bureaucratic - less nimble and capable of adapting in this fluid environment than our corporate counterparts. I don't agree.
3
David Chipperfield
I think that the point of being an architect is to help raise the experience of everyday living, even a little. Putting a window where people would really like one. Making sure a shaving mirror in a hotel bathroom is at the right angle. Making bureaucratic buildings that are somehow cheerful.
4
Anatoly Chubais
I joined the city government, and we start to operate as the bureaucrats on the local level, so we were the only ones in the whole Russian team who were experienced in practical bureaucratic management in the complicated condition of 1990.
5
Tyler Cowen
France has not only built a bureaucratic barrier against American culture, it has constructed a notorious intellectual case against it as well. The French spend hundreds of millions of dollars subsidizing film production, extend interest-free loans to designated filmmakers, and have placed quotas not only on imports but on television time.
6
Geoff Davis
You know that I am living proof that the American Dream is real. Growing up, our congressman cut through government bureaucratic red tape to help my mom buy our first house. That's the kind of congressman I'll be.
7
Felix Dennis
America is an empire. I hope you know that now. All empires, by definition, are bumbling, shambolic, bullying, bureaucratic affairs, as certain of the rightness of their cause in infancy, as they are corrupted by power in their dotage.
8
Barry Eisler
From the outside, the CIA seems pretty exotic, but from the inside, it's a big, bureaucratic place. Think 'post office with spies.'
9
Foster Friess
Would-be adoptive parents have to struggle for years through a bureaucratic obstacle course at an average cost of $30,000.
10
Kirsten Gillibrand
For many of the brave men and women who have fought on the front lines, returning home means trying to navigate a complicated and bureaucratic Veterans Administration benefits system.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUREAUCRATIC»

Discover the use of bureaucratic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bureaucratic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Bureaucratic Phenomenon
The reissuing of this book is more timely now than ever. It provides a wealth of information for sociologists, economists, and political theorists.
Michel Crozier, 2009
2
Bureaucratic Politics and Foreign Policy
The first edition of this landmark work is one of the Brookings Institution's most successful titles.
Morton H. Halperin, Priscilla Clapp, 2006
3
The Forging of Bureaucratic Autonomy: Reputations, Networks, ...
In this pioneering book, Daniel Carpenter contributes to our understanding of institutions by presenting a unified study of bureaucratic autonomy in democratic regimes.
Daniel P. Carpenter, 2001
4
The Bureaucratic Experience: The Post-Modern Challenge
For this edition the book has been thoroughly revised and updated, with two key changes: (1) each of the six core chapters has been trimmed and edited to consolidate and streamline the important organizational theory developments since the ...
Ralph P. Hummel, 2007
5
The Bureaucratic Entrepreneur: How to be Effective in Any ...
Providing clear, practical guidelines for setting goals and translating goals into results, this lively, useful book for the tens of millions of Americans working in complex and unruly organizations of every sort and for students of both ...
Richard Haass, 1999
6
Judicial Review and Bureaucratic Impact: International and ...
This is a landmark text offering an international, interdisciplinary and empirical perspective on judicial review's impact on bureaucracies.
M. L. M. Hertogh, Simon Halliday, 2004
7
The Anti-politics Machine: "development," Depoliticization, ...
The book is a case study of development in the Thaba-Tseka district of Lesotho during the period 1975 to 1984.
James Ferguson, 1990
8
Bureaucratic Democracy: The Search for Democracy and ...
This is a book for all political scientists, policymakers, government officials, and concerned citizens. It may well become a classic statement on the workings of public bureaucracy.
Douglas Yates, 1982
9
Bureaucratic Reform in the Ottoman Empire: The Sublime ...
Was it an organization? A building? No more, literally, than a door or gateway? What about it was important enough to cause the name to be remembered? In one sense, the purpose of this book is to answer these questions.
Carter Vaughn Findley, 2012
10
Discourses of Post-bureaucratic Organization
The organizational changes highlighted in the book revolve around three dimensions of work that are increasingly coming to the fore: participation, boundary spanning and knowledging.
Rick Iedema, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUREAUCRATIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bureaucratic is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bureaucratic, legal obstacles curb freedom of scientific research: AFTE
The Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) criticised in a Sunday briefing the arrest of four employees of a leading NGO ... «Daily News Egypt, Jul 15»
2
Despite Widespread Praise, Victory Day Amnesty Hits Bureaucratic
Maxim Stulov / VedomostiAccording to Gazeta.ru, many inmates had hoped to be free by the end of summer, claiming it was the easiest time of ... «The Moscow Times, Jul 15»
3
Investments for Indonesia caught in bureaucratic web
There is a lot of money headed Indonesia's way, but the question now is will that money actually be put to work, or will it get tangled in the ... «Channel News Asia, Jul 15»
4
Belleville Boot Co. dodges bureaucratic bullet, averts layoffs, thanks …
It is a tough time to be in the military boot business. Just ask Mark Ferguson, the president of Belleville Boot Co. It's not enough that Belleville ... «Belleville News-Democrat, Jul 15»
5
LAUTENS: Soccer donation in bureaucratic limbo
Then again, perhaps the shipment is in bureaucratic limbo only because it's from a non-registered charity. Ibrahim has been in Canada 25 ... «North Shore News, Jul 15»
6
DOJ Investigation: Big Airline Collusion Or Bureaucratic Bullying?
Attempting to correct what current Justice honchos see as mistakes made since 2008 in approving the mergers that created today's Big Four ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
7
Bureaucratic compliance vs initiative
In recent weeks a former minister for state owned enterprises (SOE), Dahlan Iskan, has been involved in a number of investigations relating to ... «Jakarta Post, Jul 15»
8
The Bureaucratic Nightmare Of Just Living In China
BEIJING — How many certificates or other public documents does a Chinese citizen need through a typical lifetime? A senior official of China's ... «Worldcrunch, Jul 15»
9
Ethiopian soldier's brother lands in Israel, ending bureaucratic battle
Sergeant Chalachew Mekonen receives a citation for service during Operation Protective Edge from Southern Command chief Sami Turgeman. «The Times of Israel, Jun 15»
10
AAP government goes for major bureaucratic reshuffle
AAP government goes for major bureaucratic reshuffle ... today effected a major bureaucratic reshuffle involving as many as six IAS officers. «Economic Times, Jun 15»

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