: of, relating to, or suggestive of a technocrat or a technocracy

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What was meant as a technocratic method of reducing air pollution and addressing climate change turned into a culture war focal point. Justin Worland, Time, 3 June 2026 Antitrust has in recent decades mostly been the domain of an elite and technocratic private bar, two federal enforcement agencies, and the federal bench. Gail Slater, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2026 The ultimate goal of the peace plan is to unite Gaza and the West Bank under a technocratic, secular governing structure. Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 8 May 2026 Horkheimer and Adorno had concluded that advanced capitalism, far from being a technocratic monolith, had an inherent tendency toward chaos and madness. Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for technocratic

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 7 Jul. 2026.

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