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Bureaucratic

Of or pertaining to bureaucracy or the actions of bureaucrats.

📖 Definitions of "Bureaucratic"

adjective

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Of or pertaining to bureaucracy or the actions of bureaucrats.
"the European Union is legalistic, bureaucratic and runs by precedent."

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
bureaucracynoun	Government by bureaus or their administrators or officers.
technocratic	Of, or relating to a technocrat or technocracy.
administrative	Of or relating to administering or administration.
paperworknoun	(uncountable) Routine work involving written documents.
tapenoun	Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape.
ossified	Having undergone the process of ossification (transformation into bone or a bone-like mass).
red	(politics, often capitalized) Supportive of, related to, or dominated by a political party or movement represented by the color red:
red-tape	—
governmental	Relating to a government.
proceduralnoun	Related to procedure.
officious	Offensively intrusive or interfering in offering advice and services.
formalistic	Formalist.
regulatory	Of or pertaining to regulation.
hierarchical	Pertaining to a hierarchy.
institutionalnoun	Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or organized along the lines of an institution.
officialnoun	Approved by authority; authorized.
overregulatedverb	—
rule-bound	Alternative form of rulebound. [Bound by rules; rigidly uncompromising.]
paper-pushing	—
departmental	Of or pertaining to a department.