Meanings
adjectivebureaucratistic (comparative more bureaucratistic, superlative most bureaucratistic)
comparative more bureaucratistic · superlative most bureaucratistic
- Characteristic of bureaucratism; bureaucratic.
Origin
- 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
- Englishbureaucratistic
From bureaucrat + -istic.
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