Meanings
adjectivedebureaucratic (comparative more debureaucratic, superlative most debureaucratic)
comparative more debureaucratic · superlative most debureaucratic
- Of or pertaining to actions or things that tend to dissipate bureaucracy.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latindē-
- Englishde-
- 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
- Englishdebureaucratic
From de- + bureaucratic.
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APA
debureaucratic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/debureaucratic
MLA
“debureaucratic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/debureaucratic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “debureaucratic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/debureaucratic.
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