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bureaucratic
Variant of bureaucrat
bureaucrat
definition
bu·reau·crat (byo̵or′ə krat′)
noun
an official in a bureaucracy, esp. one who follows a routine in a mechanical, unimaginative way, insisting on proper forms, petty rules, etc.
Related Forms:
- bureaucratic bu′·reau·crat′ic adjective
- bureaucratically bu′·reau·crat′i·cally adverb
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