technocrat

[tek-nuh-krat]

noun

1. a proponent, adherent, or supporter of technocracy.

2. a technological expert, especially one concerned with management or administration.

Word History and Origins

Origin of technocrat¹

First recorded in 1930–35; techno- + -crat

Example Sentences

This provoked yelps from technocrats who said it was impractical and superfluous.

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“I don’t know where they are getting this information from. These kinds of decisions are made by BLS technocrats, not by the White House.”

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“I don’t know where they are getting this information from. These kinds of decisions are made by BLS technocrats, not by the White House.”

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Mr. Easterly is not a friend of rich-world technocrats or top-down dispensers of aid and omniscience who frequently fail to consult the very people—the Third World poor—for whose salvation they get paid handsomely.

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The main Palestinian factions, including Hamas, have agreed to form a committee of technocrats to administer Gaza alongside the ceasefire and reconstruction effort.

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