red-tapism
red-tapism noun: a strict adherence to official formalities.
Noun
red-tapism (plural red-tapisms)
- A strict adherence to official formalities.
- Red-tapism is the biggest defect of bureaucracy. In a bureaucratic set-up, the files and papers move at a snail's pace and it takes inordinately long time to reach any decision on any matter.2004, Ram Nath Sharma, S. S. Chandra, Advanced Industrial Psychology, volume 1, page 110
- Synonyms:
- tapism
red-tapism meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Kannada
red-tapism in Hindi
- Translations
- लालफ़ीताशाही lālfītāśāhī
red-tapism in Tamil
- அலுவல் நடைமுறைக் கடுமை
red-tapism in Kannada
- ಕೆಂಪುಪಟ್ಟಿ, ವಿಪರೀತ ವಿಳಂಬ ಪದ್ಧತಿ, ಮಿತಿಮೀರಿದ ಆಡಳಿತ ಸಂಪ್ರದಾಯ
Synonyms of red-tapism
Forms of red-tapism
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Origin of red-tapism
From red tape + -ism or red + tapism.
Questions about red-tapism
- What does red-tapism mean?
- Red-tapism means a strict adherence to official formalities.
- What is red-tapism in Hindi?
- Red-tapism in Hindi is लालफ़ीताशाही (lālfītāśāhī). See Red-tapism meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is red-tapism?
- Red-tapism is a noun.
- What is the plural of red-tapism?
- The plural of red-tapism is red-tapisms.
Words near red-tapism in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: red-tapism (page history and authors); red-tapism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); red-tapism (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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