bureaucratize

American  

[byoo-rok-ruh-tahyz] / byʊˈrɒk rəˌtaɪz /

especially British, bureaucratise

verb (used with object)

bureaucratized, bureaucratizing

1. to divide an administrative agency or office into bureaus.

2. to increase the number of government or business bureaus.

3. to cause to become bureaucratic or to resemble a bureaucracy.

   to bureaucratize a city's social services.

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bureaucratize British  

/ bjʊəˈrɒkrəˌtaɪz /

verb

1. (tr) to administer by or transform into a bureaucracy

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Other Word Forms

• bureaucratization noun
• debureaucratize verb (used with object)

Etymology

Origin of bureaucratize

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

Example Sentences

“It just seems dangerous to overly bureaucratize the rollout of an updated vaccine,” said Jeremy Kamil, a virologist at Louisiana State University Health Shreveport.

From New York Times • Jul. 4, 2022

Here and there, state lotteries have tried to bureaucratize luck�a dreary business and a contradiction in terms.

From Time Magazine Archive