anti-bureaucratic

adjective

an·​ti-bu·​reau·​crat·​ic

ˌan-tē-ˌbyu̇r-ə-ˈkra-tik,

-ˌbyər-,

ˌan-ˌtī- 

: opposed to or completely unlike the complex methods and processes associated with bureaucracies

… such conformance would be contrary to the flash mob's decidedly decentralized, anti-bureaucratic principles.

—Seth Rosenfeld

Word History

First Known Use

1849, in the meaning defined above