technocratic

adjective

tech·​no·​crat·​ic ˌtek-nə-ˈkra-tik 

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

Examples of technocratic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

So far, all attempts to associate Buttigieg with his Gramscian father have failed—if anything, Buttigieg seems to have engaged in an oedipal reversal of the Gramscian formula, rejecting radicalism in favor of precisely the kind of technocratic capitalism that Gramsci would have detested. —Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2026

The Palestinian technocratic committee that is supposed to oversee the territory's daily affairs still has not been allowed to enter Gaza. —Arkansas Online, 27 Feb. 2026

Like other agencies that have slowly become agents in partisan political battles, the FCC continues to function as a prop rather than as a technocratic regulator focused on infrastructure, competition, and connectivity. —Jay Caruso, The Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2026

Yet another was that the technocratic experts were part of a deep state, and weren’t telling the truth. —Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2026

Word History

Etymology

techno- + -cratic, after technocracy, technocrat

First Known Use

1932, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for technocratic

• achromatic
• acrobatic
• adriatic
• aliphatic
• antistatic
• aromatic
• astigmatic
• autocratic
• automatic
• bureaucratic
• charismatic
• cholestatic