technocracy

noun

tech·noc·ra·cy tek-ˈnä-krə-sē

plural technocracies

: government by technicians

specifically : management of society by technical experts

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But technocracy has also failed to address our most pressing—and most visible—health problems. —

Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 25 Nov. 2024 Today, American policy-makers must choose with respect to AI: freedom or technocracy, prosperity or economic insignificance. —

David McGarry, National Review, 11 Jan. 2024 Imposed by unelected mandarins, federal designs celebrate technocracy and faceless power. —

Myron Magnet, WSJ, 26 June 2023 In recent years, this has occurred when the country defers to technocracy, expecting that the best outcomes emerge when experts govern for rather than govern with the rest of the citizenry. —

Danielle Allen, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022 See all Example Sentences for technocracy