technocratic

adjective

tech·​no·​crat·​ic ˌtek-nə-ˈkra-tik How to pronounce technocratic (audio)
: of, relating to, or suggestive of a technocrat or a technocracy

Examples of technocratic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But while the technologists are bullish on the economic impacts of AI, members of that other technocratic priesthood with profound influence over public life—the economists—are not. Will Henshall, TIME, 16 Apr. 2024 Like Chantal Mouffe, a theorist of leftist populism and a friend of Mélenchon’s, Mélenchon believes that voters have become demoralized by a technocratic neoliberal consensus: the primacy of markets and social values that favor individualism over the collective good. Elisabeth Zerofsky, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024 The fact that the 88-year-old is expected to stay on as head of the new technocratic Palestinian government is likely to be controversial. Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2024 In international news, the Palestinian prime minister and Cabinet have resigned which could make way for a technocratic government to run post-war Gaza. Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2024 Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas accepted the resignations of his prime minister and cabinet on Monday, according to the president’s office, opening the door for a new technocratic administration that the United States and Arab allies hope could take a role in governing a postwar Gaza. Frances vinall, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024 Estrin says cease-fire negotiations include discussions for a new technocratic Palestinian government that would manage Gaza and the West Bank when the war is over. Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 26 Feb. 2024 For over a decade, experts have noted that Russian political culture has been drifting away from the pragmatic, technocratic authoritarianism that characterized the first stage of the Vladimir Putin era, which was open to all sorts of cooperation with the West. Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Jan. 2024 Largely free from technocratic strangulation, the U.S. digital economy has generated tremendous wealth. David McGarry, National Review, 11 Jan. 2024

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Word History

Etymology

techno- + -cratic, after technocracy, technocrat

First Known Use

1932, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of technocratic was in 1932

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“Technocratic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/technocratic. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.

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