technocrat

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛknə(ʊ)kɹat/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

technocrat (plural technocrats)

1. An advocate of technocracy.
2. An expert in some technology, especially one in a managerial or administrative role.
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 87:

     Another by now trusted technocrat, d'Aguesseau, returned as Chancellor, initiating down to his death in 1751 landmark judicial reforms.

3. A person who makes decisions based solely on technical information and not personal or public opinion.

Related terms

• technocracy
• technocratic

Translations

advocate of technocracy

• Armenian: տեխնոկրատ (hy) (texnokrat)
• Catalan: tecnòcrata m or f
• Danish: teknokrat c
• Esperanto: teĥnokrato, teknokrato
• Finnish: teknokraatti (fi)
• French: technocrate (fr) m or f
• Galician: tecnócrata (gl) m or f
• Georgian: ტექნოკრატი (ṭeknoḳraṭi)
• German: Technokrat (de) m, Technokratin (de) f
• Icelandic: tæknikrati m
• Indonesian: teknokrat (id)
• Irish: teicnealathaí m
• Italian: tecnocrate (it) m or f
• Malay: teknokrat
• Polish: technokrata (pl) m
• Portuguese: tecnócrata m or f
• Russian: технокра́т (ru) (texnokrát)
• Spanish: tecnócrata m or f
• Swedish: teknokrat (sv) c
• Ukrainian: технокра́т m (texnokrát)

Further reading

• technocrat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• tetraconch, trench coat, trenchcoat