Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913 Bureaucratic /byo͝orˌ-ək-răt'-ĭk/ · Bu·reau·crat·ic · IPA /ˌbjʊɹəˈkɹætɪk/ 01 a. Of, relating to, or resembling, a bureaucracy. 1. Of, relating to, or resembling, a bureaucracy.