Meanings
- uncountableA set of principles of organization whereby power is centralized and subordinate bureaucrats must follow decisions and carry out orders made by their superiors.
The bureaucratic centralism of German Social-Democracy, which re-echoed the “national” traditions of the Prussian barrack square, has been a damper on the labour movement of Germany to this very day.
Solomon Lozovsky
1935, Соломон Лозовский [Solomon Lozovsky], “III. The Struggle against Lassalleanism and all other forms of German Opportunism”, in Marx and the Trade Unions, New York: International Publishers, page 43Antonyms: democratic centralism
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA set of principles of organization whereby power is centralized and subordinate bureaucrats must follow decisions and carry out orders made by their superiors.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 官僚集中制
- 官僚集中制 (guānliáo jízhōngzhì)principles
French centralisme bureaucratique
- centralisme bureaucratiqueprinciples
Polish centralizm demokratyczny
- centralizm demokratycznyprinciples
Russian бюрократи́ческий централи́зм
- бюрократи́ческий централи́зм (bjurokratíčeskij centralízm)principles
Vietnamese tập trung quan liêu
- tập trung quan liêuprinciples
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bureaucratic centralism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bureaucratic%20centralism
“bureaucratic centralism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bureaucratic%20centralism. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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