What is another word for bureaucratic?

Pronunciation: [bjˌʊ͡əɹə͡ʊkɹˈatɪk] (IPA)

Bureaucratic, an adjective, describes a complex administrative system that is highly regulated and relies on strict rules and procedures to operate. It is often associated with red tape and excessive paperwork. Synonyms for bureaucratic include administrative, regulatory, institutional, formal, procedural, and governmental. Other synonyms, such as officious, condescending, and rigid, have a negative connotation and suggest a lack of flexibility or empathy. In some cases, words like bureaucratic may be used deliberately to evoke a sense of authority or institutional power. Alternatively, descriptors like streamlined, efficient, or flexible may be used to suggest a more responsive and adaptable organizational structure.

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The word bureaucratic typically refers to an administrative or governmental system that is overly complex, slow-moving, and inefficient. Antonyms for bureaucratic include streamlined, efficient, agile, flexible, responsive, and nimble. These words describe systems that are lean and adaptable, able to respond quickly to changing circumstances or new challenges. They suggest an emphasis on innovation, initiative, and creative problem-solving, rather than a rigid adherence to rules and procedures. In contrast to the bureaucratic mindset, these antonyms emphasize the importance of speed, efficiency, and effectiveness, valuing results over process, and prioritizing action over bureaucracy.

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Usage examples for Bureaucratic

The system affords an opportunity for constant public criticism, and while it gives the permanent officials some control over the minister, it is, on the other hand, a most effective means of preventing the growth of a bureaucratic spirit.
"The Government of England (Vol. I)"
A. Lawrence Lowell
It is apt to become numbed and bureaucratic.
"The Government of England (Vol. I)"
A. Lawrence Lowell
The privilege is easily abused, but it helps very much to keep the administration of the country up to the mark, and it is a great safeguard against negligent or arbitrary conduct, or the growth of that bureaucratic arrogance which is quite unknown in England.
"The Government of England (Vol. I)"
A. Lawrence Lowell

Famous quotes with Bureaucratic

  • I joined the city government, and we start to operate as the bureaucrats on the local level, so we were the only ones in the whole Russian team who were experienced in practical bureaucratic management in the complicated condition of 1990.
    Anatoly Chubais
  • You know that I am living proof that the American Dream is real. Growing up, our congressman cut through government bureaucratic red tape to help my mom buy our first house. That's the kind of congressman I'll be.
    Geoff Davis
  • In the Europe which was created by the Second World War, divided into two blocks, each in need of a revolution that would end the abuses and injustices of capitalism and the privileges of a bureaucratic caste, collective faith does not exist.
    Juan Goytisolo
  • The language of the younger generation has the brutality of the city and an assertion of threatening power at hand, not to come. It is military, theatrical, and at its most coherent probably a lasting repudiation of empty courtesy and bureaucratic euphemism.
    Elizabeth Hardwick
  • Healthy people are those who live in healthy homes on a healthy diet; in an environment equally fit for birth, growth work, healing, and dying... Healthy people need no bureaucratic interference to mate, give birth, share the human condition and die.
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