bureaucratize

[ byoo-rok-ruh-tahyz ]

/ byʊˈrɒk rəˌtaɪz /

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verb (used with object), bu·reauc·ra·tized, bu·reauc·ra·tiz·ing.

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.

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Also especially British, bu·reauc·ra·tise .

Origin of bureaucratize

From the French word bureaucratiser, dating back to 1890–95. See bureaucrat, -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM bureaucratize

bu·reauc·ra·ti·za·tion, nounde·bu·reauc·ra·tize, verb (used with object), de·bu·reauc·ra·tized, de·bu·reauc·ra·tiz·ing.

British Dictionary definitions for bureaucratize

bureaucratize

bureaucratise

/ (bjʊəˈrɒkrəˌtaɪz) /

verb

(tr) to administer by or transform into a bureaucracy

Derived forms of bureaucratize

bureaucratization or bureaucratisation, noun

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