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technocratize

technocratize verb: to make technocratic; to turn into a technocracy.

Verb

technocratize (third-person singular simple present technocratizes, present participle technocratizing, simple past and past participle technocratized)

  1. (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 of technocratize

third-person singular presenttechnocratizes
present participletechnocratizing
past participletechnocratized
pasttechnocratized

Origin of technocratize

From technocrat(ic) + -ize.

Words formed from technocratize

Questions about technocratize

What does technocratize mean?
Technocratize means to make technocratic; to turn into a technocracy.
What part of speech is technocratize?
Technocratize is a verb.
What is the past tense of technocratize?
The past tense of technocratize is technocratized.

Words near technocratize in the dictionary

  1. technocratic
  2. technocratical
  3. technocratically
  4. technocratism
  5. technocratization
  6. technocratize
  7. technocratized
  8. technocratizes
  9. technocratizing
  10. technocrats
  11. technocritic

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