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bureaucrat
[ byoor-uh-krat ]
noun
- an official of a bureaucracy.
- 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
- Someone who works in or controls a bureaucracy . The term is often used negatively to describe a petty, narrow-minded person. ( See also conformity and organization man (see also organization man ).)
Derived Forms
- bureaucratism, noun
Other Words From
- bu·reau·crat·ism [byoor, -, uh, -krat-iz-, uh, m, by, oo, -, rok, -r, uh, -tiz-], noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of bureaucrat1
Example Sentences
Chief administrative officer Helen Robbins-Meyer, the county’s top bureaucrat, cautioned officials against making that the norm.
Karma Ura is a bespectacled, self-effacing man of many achievements—a scholar, writer, painter, and bureaucrat.
Generally, they’ve campaigned on a message that county officials are reactive and take their cues from the top bureaucrats rather than the other way around.
Michell’s announcement ensures that the city’s next mayor will choose the city’s next top bureaucrat.
For Election Administrators, Death Threats Have Become Part of the JobIn a polarized society, the bureaucrats who operate the machinery of democracy are taking flak from all sides.
He concentrates on a handful of characters that includes a doctor, a bureaucrat, a criminal, a priest, and a journalist.
The EU needs another Greece or Portugal dragging down the euro like the EU needs another bureaucrat in Brussels.
After all, there will always be a bureaucrat, politician, or judge eager to set the limits on what is unacceptably offensive.
Faisal Khan, a 28-year-old government bureaucrat in Peshawar, says he would get fired or worse if he came out.
And he spent virtually all his career as a government bureaucrat—as an official at the Treasury Department and the New York Fed.
His former associates regarded him as a renegade; independent observers found in him an energetic and arbitrary bureaucrat.
The wealthy and the educated know how to placate the bureaucrat and get what they want.
What had become of the lesson in decorum which should have been taught to this vulgar little bureaucrat?
What does your worker think when he sees the bureaucrat living in luxury while his wage is a comparatively meager one?
The new Czar was greatly influenced by his former tutor, the reactionary bureaucrat Pobiedonostzev.
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