Meanings
verbdebureaucratize (third-person singular simple present debureaucratizes, present participle debureaucratizing, simple past and past participle debureaucratized)
present singular third person debureaucratizes · participle present debureaucratizing · participle past debureaucratized · past debureaucratized · alternative debureaucratise
- transitiveTo reduce the amount of bureaucracy involved in decision making.
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
- Englishdebureaucratize
From de- + bureaucratize.
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APA
debureaucratize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/debureaucratize
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“debureaucratize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/debureaucratize. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “debureaucratize,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/debureaucratize.
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