bureaucratize
[ byoo-rok-ruh-tahyz ]
/ byʊˈrɒk rəˌtaɪz /
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.
Nearby words
bureau of the census, bureaucracy, bureaucrat, bureaucratese, bureaucratic, bureaucratize, burelage, burelé, burette, burg, burgage
Also especially British, bu·reauc·ra·tise.
Origin of bureaucratize
Related formsbu·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.
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British Dictionary definitions for bureaucratization
bureaucratize
bureaucratise
/ (bjʊəˈrɒkrəˌtaɪz) /
verb
(tr) to administer by or transform into a bureaucracy
Derived Formsbureaucratization or bureaucratisation, noun
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