as in hacker
a scientist or technical expert and especially one with much authority
A group of experienced technocrats were tasked with implementing the company's cybersecurity measures.
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Recent Examples of technocrat
Fedorov established his reputation as a reform-minded technocrat well before his move to the defense ministry.
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Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
There is also a chance that Rodriguez, a cunning politician who has presented herself as a technocrat who has revived the Venezuelan oil industry, would not play along or that her grip on power does not hold.
—Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 5 Jan. 2026
The meeting also featured Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov, a technocrat credited with much of Russia’s success on the battlefield this year.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 17 Dec. 2025
Also Justin Theroux joins the cast as Rob House, an unnerving technocrat who is part of the whole puzzle of how the vaults were made and the nuclear apocalypse began.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 16 Dec. 2025
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Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
There is also a chance that Rodriguez, a cunning politician who has presented herself as a technocrat who has revived the Venezuelan oil industry, would not play along or that her grip on power does not hold.
—Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 5 Jan. 2026
The meeting also featured Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov, a technocrat credited with much of Russia’s success on the battlefield this year.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 17 Dec. 2025
Also Justin Theroux joins the cast as Rob House, an unnerving technocrat who is part of the whole puzzle of how the vaults were made and the nuclear apocalypse began.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 16 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for technocrat
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Apple has released a major security update to fix a zero-day vulnerability, which is a security hole that hackers discover and exploit before the company has a chance to fix it.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
17 Feb. 2026
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Created by Eden, Moshe Zonder and Maor Kohn, written by Tony Saint and Simon Allen, and directed by Daniel Syrkin, the series stars Niv Sultan as a Mossad hacker-agent who infiltrates Tehran under a false identity, Shaun Toub, and Shila Ommi.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The new job of business-savvy techies and tech-savvy business people is to work with the CEO and figure out the best ways for agents to work across every line of business.—
Bipul Sinha,
Fortune,
27 Jan. 2026
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Charlie is a techie who’s built to geek out with users on a wide variety of tasks.—
R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Technocrat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/technocrat. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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