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

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Across the nation, more voters—urban and rural, working-class and professional—are rejecting technocratic centrism in favor of leaders who promise to fight, not finesse. Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025 How can a collection of lawyers and economists be described as technocratic? Vipin Bharathan, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025 In fact, monetary policymaking that is data-driven and technocratic, rather than politically motivated, has since the early 1990s been seen as the gold standard of governance of national finances and has largely achieved its main purpose of keeping inflation relatively low and stable. Ana Carolina Garriga, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2025 In China, energy planning is coordinated by long-term, technocratic policy that defines the market’s rules before investments are made, Fishman said. Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2025 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 9 Sep. 2025.

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