Meanings
plural bureaucratizations · alternative bureaucratisation
- countableuncountableThe formation of, or the conversion of something into, a bureaucracy.
The concern of Kosmetatos was not how affected individuals would manage to organize their lives taking the effects of Daltonism as given; rather, using the specific case of Daltonism, he suggested the bureaucratization and surveillance of humans by recording their health condition over long periods.
2013, Sevasti Trubeta, Physical Anthropology, Race and Eugenics in Greece (1880s–1970s), page 109
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
- Englishbureaucratize
- Englishbureaucratization
From bureaucrat + -ization or bureaucratize + -ation.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan burocratització
- burocratitzacióTranslations
Dutch bureaucratisering
- bureaucratiseringTranslations
Finnish byrokratisointi, byrokraattistuminen
- byrokratisointiTranslations
- byrokraattistuminenTranslations
- byrokratisoituminenTranslations
Italian burocratizzazione
- burocratizzazioneTranslations
Polish biurokratyzacja, biuromania
- biurokratyzacjaTranslations
- biuromaniaTranslations
Romanian birocratizare
- birocratizareTranslations
Russian бюрократизация
- бюрократизация (bjurokratizacija)Translations
Slovak byrokratizácia
- byrokratizáciaTranslations
Spanish burocratización
- burocratizaciónTranslations
Ukrainian бюрократизація
- бюрократизація (bjurokratyzacija)Translations
Cite this entry
bureaucratization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bureaucratization
“bureaucratization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bureaucratization. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bureaucratization,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bureaucratization.
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