bureaucratize

English

Alternative forms

• bureaucratise

Etymology

From bureaucrat +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bjʊəˈɹɒkɹətʌɪz/

Verb

bureaucratize (third-person singular simple present bureaucratizes, present participle bureaucratizing, simple past and past participle bureaucratized)

1. (transitive) To bring under the control of a bureaucracy; to make bureaucratic.
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 432:

     Measures aiming to centralize and bureaucratize the state's central finances […] were also introduced, bringing greater economy and rationality to the Treasury.

Translations

to make bureaucratic

• Basque: burokratizatu
• Belarusian: бюракратызаваць (bjurakratyzavacʹ)
• Finnish: virkavaltaistaa, byrokratisoida
• French: bureaucratiser (fr)
• German: bürokratisieren (de)
• Italian: burocratizzare (it)

• Polish: biurokratyzować
• Russian: бюрократизировать (ru) (bjurokratizirovatʹ)
• Slovak: byrokratizovať
• Spanish: burocratizar (es)
• Swedish: byråkratisera
• Ukrainian: бюрократизувати (uk) (bjurokratyzuvaty)