Dictionary

educrat en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɛd͡ʒəkɹæt/

Etymology

Etymology tree English educator Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Hellenic *-rós Ancient Greek -ρός (-rós) Ancient Greek πῠρρός (pŭrrhós)bor. Latin burrus Latin burra Old French *bure Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Old French burel French bureau Proto-Indo-European *kret-der. Ancient Greek κρᾰ́τος (krắtos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (-krătĭ́ā)lbor. French -cratie French bureaucratie French bureaucratebor. English bureaucrat blend English educrat Blend of educator + bureaucrat.

Meanings

1. (derogatory) An official or administrator in a school district or government body.
   • This is a great example of an educrat, getting in the way of what's right to push a failed political ideology. 2020, Adriana LaGrange, Refusing to spend adequate money to protect Alberta kids during a pandemic:
   • Many educrats make much of their income and build their reputations trying to fix the problems they themselves created with their dopey educational methodologies. 2002, Marsh Kaminsky, Onie:
   • It has everything to do with the educrat industry whose grip on our children Hillary is helping to maintain. 2000, Laura Ingraham, The Hillary trap: looking for power in all the wrong places:
   • As a result of the misguided educrats, college students across the country now spend much of the first two years in remedial classes […] 2003, G Gordon Liddy, When I Was a Kid, This Was a Free Country:

Forms

Relateds

educracy