Meanings
adjectiveantibureaucrat (comparative more antibureaucrat, superlative most antibureaucrat)
comparative more antibureaucrat · superlative most antibureaucrat
- Opposed to bureaucracy.
nounantibureaucrat (plural antibureaucrats)
plural antibureaucrats
- governmentOne who opposes or shuns bureaucracy.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
- Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
- Englishanti-
- Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
- Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
- Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
- Ancient Greekπῠρρός (pŭrrhós)
- Latinburrus
- Latinburra
- Old French*bure
- Old Frenchburel
- Frenchbureau
- Proto-Indo-European*kret-
- Ancient Greekκρᾰ́τος (krắtos)
- Frenchbureaucratie
- Frenchbureaucrate
- Englishbureaucrat
- Englishantibureaucrat
From anti- + bureaucrat.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Portuguese antiburocrata
- antiburocrataone who opposes bureaucracy
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APA
antibureaucrat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antibureaucrat
MLA
“antibureaucrat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antibureaucrat. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antibureaucrat,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antibureaucrat.
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