technocracy

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technocracy

  • /tɛkˈnɒkɹəsi/

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From techno- (“technical”, “technicians”) + -cracy (“rule by”), attributed to W.H. Smyth.

noun technocracies

  1. countable, uncountable A system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise. When scientific imagination and knowledge of Nature's Laws are substituted in our economics for chance, mystery, and magic;[…] when this economic childish irrationality is sanely substituted by organized Science, Technology, and specialized Skill co-ordinated in National Industrial Management, then

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noun a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise

Españoltecnocracia
한국어테크노크라시 tekeunokeurasi, 기술 관료정치 gisul gwallyojeongchi
中文專家統治 /专家统治 zhuānjiā tǒngzhì
Kiswahiliteknokrasia
Portuguêstecnocracia
Françaistechnocratie
DeutschTechnokratie
Italianotecnocrazia
Ελληνικάτεχνοκρατία technokratía
Românătehnocrație
Русскийтехнокра́тия texnokrátija
Tiếng Việtkĩ trị, kỹ trị

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@misc{technocracy_2026,
  title = {technocracy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/technocracy},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}