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cyberocracy

/ˌsaɪbəˈɹɒkɹəsi/

cyberocracy noun: a hypothetical form of government that rules by the effective use of information and technology.

Noun

cyberocracy (countable and uncountable, plural cyberocracies)

  1. A hypothetical form of government that rules by the effective use of information and technology.
    • Cyberocracy must surpass bureaucracy and its 20th-century iteration, technocracy if new techniques of acquiring and using information are to take hold. Bureaucracy depends on going through channels and keeping information in bounds. In contrast, cyberocracy may place a premium on gaining...1992 December, David Ronfeldt, “Cyberocracy is coming”, in The Information Society, volume 8, number 4, →DOI, →ISSN, page 255

Forms of cyberocracy

pluralcyberocracies

Origin of cyberocracy

From cyber- + -o- + -cracy, coined by political scientist David Ronfeldt in 1978.

Words that rhyme with cyberocracy

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Questions about cyberocracy

What does cyberocracy mean?
Cyberocracy means a hypothetical form of government that rules by the effective use of information and technology.
What part of speech is cyberocracy?
Cyberocracy is a noun.
How do you pronounce cyberocracy?
Cyberocracy is pronounced /ˌsaɪbəˈɹɒkɹəsi/.
What is the plural of cyberocracy?
The plural of cyberocracy is cyberocracies.

Words near cyberocracy in the dictionary

  1. cybernews
  2. cybernoir
  3. cybernovel
  4. cybernovels
  5. cyberocracies
  6. cyberocracy
  7. cyberoffence
  8. cyberoffences
  9. cyberoffense
  10. cyberoffenses
  11. cyberoffensive

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