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English
Etymology
From French bureaucratique, from bureaucrate (“bureaucrat”) or bureaucratie (“bureaucracy”) + -ique (“-ic”).
Adjective
bureaucratic (comparative more bureaucratic, superlative most bureaucratic)
- Of or pertaining to bureaucracy or the actions of bureaucrats.
2014 March 2, Jan Morris, “Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Scott Anderson, review: A skilful account of T. E. Lawrence and his role in the painful birth of an emerging Middle East [print version: A rock in Arabia's shifting sands, 1 March 2014, p. R26]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review):[T. E.] Lawrence said that in the end he felt himself to be fighting not for the imperial British but for the rebellious Arabs. All too often he conflicted with British bureaucratic fustiness.
8 December 2017, Steven Erlanger, “Brexit Talks Headed for a Second, More Difficult Phase”, in New York Times:European Union is legalistic, bureaucratic and runs by precedent.
Derived terms
Translations
of or pertaining to bureaucracy
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