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Kim and other senior party secretaries discussed “waging more intensive struggle against unsound and non-revolutionary acts including abuse of power and bureaucratism revealed among some party officials,” the official Korean Central News Agency said.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 12, 2022

Xi this week reminded officials of the need for a "thorough cleanup of undesirable work styles such as formalism, bureaucratism, hedonism and extravagance", state media reported on Wednesday.

From Reuters • Jun. 19, 2013

At a teleconference in Beijing yesterday, Mr Xi called for a "thorough clean-up" of "four forms of decadence: formalism, bureaucratism, hedonism and extravagance".

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2013

Unimpressive in appearance but steely cold in personality, Liu boldly accused Peng of "bureaucratism," so overawed the burly soldier that ex-Bandit Peng went into a paroxysm of selfcriticism.

From Time Magazine Archive

In addition, the P.R.G. has allowed some open criticism in the press of such bad leadership habits as "bureaucratism and authoritarianism."

From Time Magazine Archive