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/ˈfʌŋ(k).ʃn̩.(ə)ri/ · noun
A person employed as an official in a bureaucracy (usually corporate or governmental) who holds limited authority and primarily serves to carry out a simple function for which discretion is minimal or not required..
Near-synonyms: bureaucrat; official; officer; administrator; apparatchik
Consciences are for politicians, Bernard! We are humble functionaries whose duty it is to implement the commands of our democratically elected representatives.
Near-synonyms: bureaucrat, apparatchik; paper-pusher; bean counter
Use functionary when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Functionary means A person employed as an official in a bureaucracy (usually corporate or governmental) who holds limited authority and primarily serves to carry out a simple function for which discretion is minimal or not required..
Common synonyms include bureaucrat, official, officer, administrator.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Near-synonyms: bureaucrat; official; officer; administrator; apparatchik
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