Meanings
noundebureaucratization (plural debureaucratizations)
plural debureaucratizations · alternative de-bureaucratization
- The act or instance of being debureaucratized.
Some researchers assume that debureaucratization is synonymous with a paucity of rules, supervision, and sanctions for teachers and thus is a source of organizational decentralization.
2003, Richard M. Ingersoll, Who Controls Teachers' Work?: Power and Accountability in America's Schools
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
- Englishbureaucrat
- Englishbureaucratize
- Englishbureaucratization
- Englishdebureaucratization
From de- + bureaucratization.
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Rhymes with debureaucratization
informationeducationlocationapplicationassociationadministrationorganizationcorporationregistrationAsianfoundationcommunicationpopulationnavigationstationaccommodationoperationpublicationvacationtransportationevaluationimplementationinstallationnation
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
debureaucratization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/debureaucratization
MLA
“debureaucratization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/debureaucratization. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “debureaucratization,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/debureaucratization.
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