Meanings
adjectiveantibureaucratic (comparative more antibureaucratic, superlative most antibureaucratic)
comparative more antibureaucratic · superlative most antibureaucratic
- governmentOpposed to bureaucracy
I am a seriously antibureaucratic person.
1992 March 13, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader
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
- Frenchbureaucratie
- Frenchbureaucratique
- Englishbureaucratic
- Englishantibureaucratic
From anti- + bureaucratic.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Polish antybiurokratyczny
- antybiurokratycznyopposed to bureaucracy
Portuguese antiburocrático
- antiburocráticoopposed to bureaucracy
Swedish antibyråkratisk
- antibyråkratiskopposed to bureaucracy
Cite this entry
APA
antibureaucratic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antibureaucratic
MLA
“antibureaucratic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antibureaucratic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antibureaucratic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antibureaucratic.
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