Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Government by bureaus; officialism: as, Russian bureaucratism.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun nonelective government officials; same as bureaucracy.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun nonelective government officials

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Examples

  • It is the effort to put an end to the phenomenon or to the vice of bureaucratism, this is to say that which we call bureaucratism, which is that hypertrophy of the administrative offices, of that accumulation of bureaucratic jobs of that type.

    5TH ANNIVERSARY OF CDR 1965

  • The plan to battle bureaucratism, which is being carried out in the best manner possible and overall with the aim of using all surplus personnel who have been placed in certain (Castro fails to complete thought -- ed.).

    5TH ANNIVERSARY OF CDR 1965

  • It is important to note, however, that the language of perestroika rooting out "bureaucratism" was used here to suppress protests.

    Making the History of 1989 1989

  • "bureaucratism", which he then believed pervaded the CCP to such a degree that it was creating

    openDemocracy Li Datong 2010

  • We get expanding bureaucratism with social justice accessories.

    “Give me liberty or give me social justice” revisited 2010

  • Finally, EPA proves one of the fundamental laws of bureaucratism.

    EPA: Mission Creep on Steroids | RedState 2010

  • The government of the PRC commenced the “three-anti” campaign to wipe out waste, corruption, and bureaucratism.

    1951-52 2001

  • This movement attempted to transform radically the very consciousness of the Chinese people, to keep alive the revolution begun by Mao, to attack bureaucratism and complacency among Communist cadres and officials, and ultimately to revolutionize the nature of China's state and society.

    1965-68 2001

  • An heroic revolution can, in the short space of twenty years, become mired in elitism, bureaucratism and corruption.

    Mayibuye Editorial 1995

  • It is necessary to more diligently improve mass political work in labor collectives and the population react quickly to their needs and requests, and root out bureaucratism and red tape.

    Making the History of 1989 1989

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