different between bureaucratic vs bureaucrat

English

Etymology

bureaucracy +? -tic or bureaucrat +? -ic.

Adjective

bureaucratic (comparative more bureaucratic, superlative most bureaucratic)

1. Of or pertaining to bureaucracy or the actions of bureaucrats.

   the European Union is legalistic, bureaucratic and runs by precedent.

Related terms

• bureaucracy
• bureaucrat
• bureaucratese
• bureaucratically

Translations

See also

• administrative

For Wiktionary's bureaucrats, see Wiktionary:Bureaucrats

English

Etymology

From French bureaucrate.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?bj????k?æt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?bj???k?æt/
• Hyphenation: bu?reau?crat

Noun

bureaucrat (plural bureaucrats)

1. An official who is part of a bureaucracy.
2. (Wiktionary and WMF jargon) A wiki user with the right to change user access levels.

Usage notes

The term bureaucrat, while often used in a professional and respectful manner, is oftentimes disdained by those who work in organizations, especially governmental organizations. This is due to connotations of rigidity, indifference, and especially laziness that the term can sometimes connote (the latter especially reflected in the oft-repeated derisive term lazy bureaucrat). As a result, many workers in organizations, especially governmental ones, prefer terms such as manager, public manager, civil servant, public servant, public official, etc.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:bureaucrat

Derived terms

Related terms

• bureaucracy

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