administrativia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Administrivia.

Word forms

administrativia

Etymology

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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