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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]
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.
an official who works by fixed routine without exercising intelligent judgment. bureaucrat. / ˈbjʊərəˌkræt; bjʊəˈrɒkrəˌtɪzəm / noun. an official in a bureaucracy. an official who adheres to bureaucracy, esp rigidly.
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.
Bureaucrats are officials who work in a large administrative system. You can refer to officials as bureaucrats especially if you disapprove of them because they seem to follow rules and procedures too strictly. The economy is still controlled by bureaucrats. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
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.
an official working in an organization or a government department, especially one who follows the rules of the department too strictly. He was just another faceless bureaucrat. battles between political appointees and career bureaucrats. We got caught up in the endless red tape of local bureaucrats. Topics Politics c2.
What does the word bureaucrat mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the word bureaucrat. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. See meaning & use. How common is the word bureaucrat? About 5 occurrences per million words in modern written English. See frequency. How is the word bureaucrat pronounced?
