bureaucratese

English

Etymology

bureaucrat +‎ -ese.

Noun

bureaucratese (uncountable)

1. (informal, pejorative) A style of language, typically used by bureaucrats, that involves jargon or euphemism to the detriment of broader understanding.
2. (informal, pejorative) Wordy, ostentatious talk or writing that resembles bureaucratic writing.

   The company president's annual statement was complete bureaucratese: it was completely content-free.

Synonyms

• officialese
• legalese

Related terms

• bureaucracy
• bureaucrat
• bureaucratic
• bureaucratically

Translations

pejorative term for language typically used by bureaucrats

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 官腔 (zh) (guānqiāng)

• Finnish: (viranomaisten) kapulakieli (fi)
• German: Bürokratensprache f, Verwaltungsjargon m, Behördensprache (de) f, normally not used to stress this is German: Beamtendeutsch n, Amtsdeutsch (de) n, Papierdeutsch (de) n, Behördendeutsch (de) n
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• Italian: burocratese (it)
• Russian: канцеляри́т (ru) m (kanceljarít)

pejorative term for language resembling that used by bureaucrats

• Finnish: kapulakieli (fi)
• German: Kanzleistil (de), normally not used to stress this is German: Beamtendeutsch n, Amtsdeutsch (de) n, Papierdeutsch (de) n
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian:
• Russian:

See also

• legalese
• obfuscation