technocrat
Americannoun
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a proponent, adherent, or supporter of technocracy.
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a technological expert, especially one concerned with management or administration.
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Wang, square-jawed with a trademark comb-over in his elder years, remade himself as an economic technocrat as China opened up, then was tapped by Xi as disciplinary chief in 2012.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
She has impressed people in the West and in the U.S. and the administration as a competent technocrat.
From Slate ● Jan. 5, 2026
His vice president Tiemoko Meyliet Kone is seen as a technocrat and has a low public profile.
From Barron's ● Dec. 30, 2025
Zedillo, a party loyalist and lackluster technocrat, won in a landslide and served a six-year term.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2025
For someone who had got to see Carney as a cerebral technocrat, a crisis-managing central bank governor a decade ago, the transformation into public orator was quite something.
From BBC ● May 3, 2025
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