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red-tapisms

red-tapisms is the plural of red-tapism.

Meaning of red-tapism

Noun

red-tapism (plural red-tapisms)

  1. (derogatory) 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

Questions about red-tapisms

What is red-tapisms the plural of?
Red-tapisms is the plural of red-tapism.

Words near red-tapisms in the dictionary

  1. red-tailed squirrels
  2. red-tailed tropicbird
  3. red-tailed tropicbirds
  4. red-tapeism
  5. red-tapism
  6. red-tapisms
  7. red-tapist
  8. red-tapists
  9. red-team
  10. red-teamed
  11. red-teaming

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