bureaucratization

noun

bu·​reau·​cra·​ti·​za·​tion byu̇-ˌrä-krə-tə-ˈzā-shən 

byə-, 

byər-ˈä-

variants also British bureaucratisation

plural bureaucratizations

: the action or result of bureaucratizing

bureaucratization of economic life and the growth of the octopus state

—David Dubinsky

Word History

First Known Use

1898, in the meaning defined above

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Rhymes for bureaucratization

• americanization
• anticoagulation
• antidiscrimination
• bioaccumulation
• bioremediation
• compartmentalization
• contextualization
• copolymerization
• decriminalization
• dehumidification
• demilitarization
• demineralization