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Meaning of technocracy in English

technocracy
noun [ C or U ]
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/tekˈnɒk.rə.si/ us

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/tekˈnɑː.krə.si/
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a government or social system that is controlled or influenced by experts in science or technology; the fact of a government or social system being influenced by such experts :
We live in a technocracy where progress involves the mastering of increasingly complex data.
In her opinion, technocracy was not incompatible with democracy.
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(Definition of technocracy from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

technocracy | Business English

technocracy
noun [ C or U ]
uk

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plural technocracies
GOVERNMENT
a social system or system of government in which people with scientific or technical knowledge have a lot of power and influence:
Some people have defined technocracy as 'rule by experts'.
(Definition of technocracy from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of technocracy

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On the factory floor technocracy regularly eclipsed ideology.
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They embodied insulated elitist technocracy rather than participatory politics.
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Moreover, these discussions took place in a period when the tensions between democracy and technocracy were at the center of political discourse.
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He called for technocracy through state power as the most efficient way to overcome the "chaos of civil society" that hampered modernization.
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Technocracy, elite rule and corporatism have also been important influences.
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No major pockets of technocracy seem to have developed in the civil service.
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Tremonti has welcomed this as moving 'from technocracy to democracy' (ibid.).
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Tude's government was a mixture of modern technocracy and patronage.
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More seriously, if you scratched below the surface, as the technocracy gave way to civil servants less versed in the neo-liberal discourse, ownership of policies also weakened.
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This will not be achieved by the proposal as it stands, which does nothing more than revive the nightmares of technocracy.
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A new system has come into operation—technocracy as it is called.
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In my view, we have built in too much technocracy and not enough politics this time round.
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To do this one needs great political sensitivity to manage the technostructure and oppose technocracy.
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In my opinion, it has absolutely nothing to do with democracy being replaced with technocracy.
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This would result in an increase in operational costs and create the impression of a monumental technocracy that would be rejected by the populations concerned.
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