technocratize en · VERB
Etymology
From technocrat(ic) + -ize.
Meanings
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(transitive) To make technocratic; to turn into a technocracy.
But as he saw it, America had saved Europe from military and economic disaster and become the leader of the West. Now it was America’s duty to modernize, legalize, democratize and technocratize the East whether the inhabitants liked it or not.
1972, W. A. Swanberg, Luce and His Empire, New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, →LCCN, page 459:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| technocratized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| technocratized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| technocratizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| technocratizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |