BUREAUCRATIC

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does bureaucratic mean? 

• BUREAUCRATIC (adjective)
  The adjective BUREAUCRATIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or resembling a bureaucrat or bureaucracy

  Familiarity information: BUREAUCRATIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUREAUCRATIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or resembling a bureaucrat or bureaucracy

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

a bureaucratic nightmare

Pertainym:

bureaucracy (nonelective government officials)

bureaucrat (an official of a bureaucracy)

Derivation:

bureaucracy (any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape)

bureaucracy (a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials)

bureaucracy (nonelective government officials)