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technocracy


tech·noc·ra·cy

noun \tek-ˈnä-krə-sē\
plural tech·noc·ra·cies

Definition of TECHNOCRACY

: government by technicians; specifically : management of society by technical experts
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First Known Use of TECHNOCRACY

1919

Other Government and Politics Terms

agent provocateur, agitprop, autarky, cabal, egalitarianism, federalism, hegemony, plenipotentiary, popular sovereignty, socialism

Rhymes with TECHNOCRACY

autocracy, bureaucracy, democracy, Eurocracy, kleptocracy, mobocracy, plantocracy, plutocracy, slavocracy, theocracy

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