bureaucratize

English

Alternative forms

• bureaucratise

Etymology

From French bureaucratiser or bureaucrat, bureaucracy +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bjʊəˈɹɒkɹətʌɪz/

Verb

bureaucratize (third-person singular simple present bureaucratizes, present participle bureaucratizing, simple past and past participle bureaucratized)

1. (transitive) To bring under the control of a bureaucracy; to make bureaucratic.
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 432:

     Measures aiming to centralize and bureaucratize the state's central finances […] were also introduced, bringing greater economy and rationality to the Treasury.

Derived terms

• bureaucratization
• debureaucratize

 

Translations

to make bureaucratic

• Basque: burokratizatu
• Belarusian: бюракратызаваць (bjurakratyzavacʹ)
• Finnish: virkavaltaistaa, byrokratisoida
• French: bureaucratiser (fr)
• German: bürokratisieren (de)
• Italian: burocratizzare (it)
• Polish: biurokratyzować, zbiurokratyzować pf
• Russian: бюрократизи́ровать (ru) impf or pf (bjurokratizírovatʹ)
• Slovak: byrokratizovať
• Spanish: burocratizar (es)
• Swedish: byråkratisera
• Ukrainian: бюрократизувати (uk) (bjurokratyzuvaty)