bureaucratisme
French, noun/by.ʁo.kʁa.tism/
bureaucratisme is spelled B-U-R-E-A-U-C-R-A-T-I-S-M-E (14 letters) and appears about once in every 87 million words in written French, the 291,657th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bureaucratisme is a French masculine noun meaning “the excessive use, or the abuse of bureaucracy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Abus de la bureaucratie, domination d’une bureaucratie pesante et autoritaire dans les affaires de l’État ou…”.
What does bureaucratisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe excessive use, or the abuse of bureaucracy
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Abus de la bureaucratie, domination d’une bureaucratie pesante et autoritaire dans les affaires de l’État ou la gestion de l’économie.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bureaucratisme
- bureaucratismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bureaucratisme?
- /by.ʁo.kʁa.tism/
- /by.ʁo.kʁa.tizm/
- \by.ʁo.kʁa.tism\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bureaucratisme in French?
bureaucratisme appears about once in every 87 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).