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technocracy

[ tek-nok-ruh-see ]

noun

plural technocracies
  1. a theory and movement, prominent about 1932, advocating control of industrial resources, reform of financial institutions, and reorganization of the social system, based on the findings of technologists and engineers.
  2. a system of government in which this theory is applied.
  3. any application of this theory.


technocracy

/ ˈtɛknəˌkræt; tɛkˈnɒkrəsɪ /

noun

  1. a theory or system of society according to which government is controlled by scientists, engineers, and other experts
  2. a body of such experts
  3. a state considered to be governed or organized according to these principles
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

technocracy

1
  1. The control of government and society by people with technical skills, especially engineers.

technocracy

2
  1. A type of society marked by the dominant role of people with specialized technical skills, particularly engineers.
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Derived Forms

  • ˌٱ𳦳Դˈپ, adjective
  • technocrat, noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of technocracy1

First recorded in 1919; techno- + -cracy
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Example Sentences

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She talked of the "tyranny of the technocracy", the "power of the administrative state" and argued that "there is something rather undemocratic about this".

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Group three - the technocracy - should also be open to the ambassador's advances.

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Carlos: The irony of the Democrats’ officious technocracy is that, in some cases, it misrepresented how science works.

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Much of Muskism is descended from the technocracy movement that flourished in North America in the 1930s and that had as a leader Mr. Musk’s grandfather Joshua N. Haldeman, an ardent anti-communist.

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Mr. Harris has helped wrap Mr. Biden’s unabashedly liberal agenda in a blanket of technocracy, assembling more than 500 detailed recommendations.

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