Dictionary

technocrat en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɛknə(ʊ)kɹat/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Back-formation from technocracy, equivalent to techno- + -crat.

Meanings

1. An advocate of technocracy.
2. An expert in some technology, especially one in a managerial or administrative role.
   • Would the site’s community of decentralized, uncompensated editors continue to govern it according to its principles of openness, transparency, and neutrality, or would a handful of highly paid NGO technocrats re-orient Wikipedia toward endorsing and promoting the ever-shifting currents of the Western elite social justice regime? 2024 August 5, Ashley Rindsberg, “How the Regime Captured Wikipedia”, in Pirate Wires, archived from the original on 16 Jan 2025:
   • [Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney]’s been able to sell himself as a no-nonsense technocrat who knows how to steer a crisis. 2025 April 2, Sara Miller Llana, “Who is Mark Carney? Maybe just who Canada wants to face off against Trump.”, in The Christian Science Monitor, archived from the original on 03 Apr 2025:
   • Another by now trusted technocrat, d'Aguesseau, returned as Chancellor, initiating down to his death in 1751 landmark judicial reforms. 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 87:
3. A person who makes decisions based solely on technical information and not personal or public opinion.
   • We are technocrats who focus on efficiency. We get little training about the ends of economics, on the meaning of well-being—welfare economics has long since vanished from the curriculum—or on what philosophers say about equality. 2024 March 14, Angus Deaton, “Rethinking My Economics”, in F&D Magazine, archived from the original on 14 Aug 2024:

Forms

Deriveds

technocratism

Relateds

technocratic · technocracy

Translations (22)

es tecnócrata (advocate of technocracy) · ms teknokrat (advocate of technocracy) · ru технокра́т (advocate of technocracy) · de Technokratin (advocate of technocracy) · eo teĥnokrato (advocate of technocracy) · uk технокра́т (advocate of technocracy) · it tecnocrate (advocate of technocracy) · fi teknokraatti (advocate of technocracy) · ka ტექნოკრატი (advocate of technocracy) · hy տեխնոկրատ (advocate of technocracy) · gl tecnócrata (advocate of technocracy) · ca tecnòcrata (advocate of technocracy) · pl technokrata (advocate of technocracy) · fr technocrate (advocate of technocracy) · de Technokrat (advocate of technocracy) · id teknokrat (advocate of technocracy) · pt tecnócrata (advocate of technocracy) · ga teicnealathaí (advocate of technocracy) · eo teknokrato (advocate of technocracy) · da teknokrat (advocate of technocracy) · sv teknokrat (advocate of technocracy) · is tæknikrati (advocate of technocracy)