bureaucratize

[ byoo-rok-ruh-tahyz ]

verb (used with object),bu·reauc·ra·tized, bu·reauc·ra·tiz·ing.
  1. to divide an administrative agency or office into bureaus.

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

  1. to cause to become bureaucratic or to resemble a bureaucracy: to bureaucratize a city's social services.

Origin of bureaucratize

1
From the French word bureaucratiser, dating back to 1890–95. See bureaucrat, -ize
  • Also especially British, bu·reauc·ra·tise .

Other words from bureaucratize

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

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How to use bureaucratize in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for bureaucratize

bureaucratize

bureaucratise

/ (bjʊəˈrɒkrəˌtaɪz) /


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

Derived forms of bureaucratize

  • bureaucratization or bureaucratisation, noun

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