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- Dictionarybureaucrat/ˈbjʊərəkrat/
noun
- 1. an official in a government department, in particular one perceived as being concerned with procedural correctness at the expense of people's needs: "the unemployed will be dealt with not by faceless bureaucrats but by individuals"
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bureaucrat | American Dictionary. noun [ C ] us / ˈbjʊər·əˌkræt / Add to word list. a member of a bureaucracy: School administrators, she said, who are the on-the-spot bureaucrats, should make these decisions rather than Washington bureaucrats. (Definition of bureaucrat from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
noun. bu· reau· crat ˈbyu̇r-ə-ˌkrat. ˈbyər- Synonyms of bureaucrat. : a member of a bureaucracy. government bureaucrats. Did you know? In French, a bureau is a desk, so bureaucracy means basically "government by people at desks".
A bureaucrat is a member of a bureaucracy and can compose the administration of any organization of any size, although the term usually connotes someone within an institution of government . The term bureaucrat derives from "bureaucracy", which in turn derives from the French "bureaucratie" first known from the 18th century. [1] .
BUREAUCRAT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary. Meaning of bureaucrat in English. bureaucrat. noun [ C ] mainly disapproving us / ˈbjʊr.ə.kræt / uk / ˈbjʊə.rə.kræt / Add to word list. someone working in a bureaucracy: It turned out she was one of those faceless bureaucrats who control our lives.
noun. an official in a bureaucracy. an official who adheres to bureaucracy, esp rigidly. bureaucrat. Someone who works in or controls a bureaucracy. The term is often used negatively to describe a petty, narrow-minded person. ( See also conformity and organization man (see also organization man ).) Discover More. Derived Forms. bureaucratism, noun.
a system for controlling or managing a country, company, or organization that is operated by a large number of officials employed to follow rules carefully: I had to deal with the university's bureaucracy when I was applying for financial aid. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Managing and organizing. administer. administration.
/ˌbjurəˈkræt/ IPA guide. Other forms: bureaucrats. A bureaucrat is an administrative official who works for the government. You brought the budget office bureaucrat a book about literacy, hoping to convince him you need more funding for the library.
