administrativia

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Administrivia.
    — An “ASCAP-type” clearing and licensing operation under the statute would involve too much “administrativia,” said Dr. [Harold E.] Wigren — coining a word the subcommittee immediately wanted to put into the public domain.

词形变化

administrativia plural

词源

From administrative + -ia (“Latin plural”) – literally, “administrative matters”. Popularized 1960s in US education. Preceded by administrivia, which dates from the 1930s.
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