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
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.Dictionary.com Unabridged
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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, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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