bureaucratese
bureaucratese — noun
1. a way of writing or speaking that is difficult to understand because it uses lon
a way of writing or speaking that is difficult to understand because it uses long, formal words and indirect expressions, of the kind found in official government documents or business letters.
The government report was full of dense bureaucratese that even the committee members could not follow.
full of dense bureaucratese — common collocation
Citizens often complain that letters from the tax office are full of impenetrable bureaucratese.
full of [adjective] bureaucratese — typical collocation
The journalist translated the minister's announcement from bureaucratese into plain English for her readers.
After years at city hall, Ms. Watanabe could not write an email without bureaucratese.
The new policy was full of typical bureaucratese, with vague phrases like 'operational efficiency enhancement'.
- officialese
closer synonym, less common than bureaucratese
- jargon
broader term that covers any specialised vocabulary, not just government language
- gobbledygook
more informal and humorous, refers to language that is nonsense or hard to follow
- plain English
everyday language that is easy to understand
文法句型
bureaucratese + verb (singular)
in bureaucratese
full of bureaucratese
用法筆記
Common in informal criticism of official documents. The word carries a mildly negative tone and is not used in formal academic writing.