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bureaucrat

[ byoor-uh-krat ]

noun

  1. an official of a bureaucracy.
  2. an official who works by fixed routine without exercising intelligent judgment.


bureaucrat

/ ˈbjʊərəˌkræt; bjʊəˈrɒkrəˌtɪzəm /

noun

  1. an official in a bureaucracy
  2. an official who adheres to bureaucracy, esp rigidly
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

bureaucrat

  1. 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 ).)
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Derived Forms

  • bureaucratism, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·𲹳·· [byoor, -, uh, -krat-iz-, uh, m, by, oo, -, rok, -r, uh, -tiz-], noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of bureaucrat1

From the French word bureaucrate, dating back to 1835–45. See bureau, -crat
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Fairly quickly, those pushing for dialogue either left or were pushed out, leaving Yoon surrounded by people who agreed with him, and lower-level bureaucrats, too scared to speak out.

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Stebbins has served as the acting Inspector General for the Department of Defense since January when Trump fired the previous IG amid a massive purge of the bureaucrats charged with agency oversight.

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A bloated mafia petro-state where one man decides everything, where bureaucrats and siloviki gorge themselves on stolen wealth, where the government doesn’t shrink but suffocates everything beneath it.

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“Parents, teachers and local communities — not Washington bureaucrats — know what’s best for our kids.”

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During the same period, in an extraordinary takeover, USA Badminton’s board was stacked with athletes rather than Olympic bureaucrats.

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