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ecosystem

Bureaucratic
/ˈiː.koʊˌsɪs.təm/n. (bureaucratic)

Etym.from Gk. oikos, house, and systema, arrangement, popularized in corporate vernacular during the early 2010s by a branding consultant seeking scale legitimacy, see Hartwell, Corporate Verisimilitude, 2013.

A rhetorical container that bundles unrelated products, partners, and users into a single market narrative to inflate scope and defer difficult decisions.

'We are building an open ecosystem to accelerate partnerships and monetization' - CEO keynote, Q2 Partner Summit

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