adj
Meaning 1
bureaucratic
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Usage: rare
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Standard Lemma guide
bureautic
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adj
Meaning 2
of or pertaining to office automation
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Usage: not-comparable
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noun
Meaning 3
office automation
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Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
a person suffering from bureausis
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Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
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History
Etymology
A shortened form of bureaucratic.
From French bureautique (“office automation”).
Substantive adjective formed from the disorder bureausis (“psychological aversion to bureaucracies and bureaucratic behavior”).