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technocrats

technocrats is the plural of technocrat.

Meaning of technocrat

Noun

technocrat (plural technocrats)

  1. An advocate of technocracy.
  2. An expert in some technology, especially one in a managerial or administrative role.
    • Another by now trusted technocrat, d'Aguesseau, returned as Chancellor, initiating down to his death in 1751 landmark judicial reforms.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 87
  3. A person who makes decisions based solely on technical information and not personal or public opinion.
    • We are technocrats who focus on efficiency. We get little training about the ends of economics, on the meaning of well-being—welfare economics has long since vanished from the curriculum—or on what philosophers say about equality.2024 March, Angus Deaton, “Rethinking My Economics”, in F&D Magazine, archived from the original on 14 Aug 2024

Questions about technocrats

What is technocrats the plural of?
Technocrats is the plural of technocrat.

Words near technocrats in the dictionary

  1. technocratization
  2. technocratize
  3. technocratized
  4. technocratizes
  5. technocratizing
  6. technocrats
  7. technocritic
  8. technocritical
  9. technocriticism
  10. technocritics
  11. technocultural

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