cyberocracy

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/ˌsaɪbəˈɹɒkɹəsi/

noun

A hypothetical form of government that rules by the effective use of information and technology.

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Meanings

nouncyberocracy (countable and uncountable, plural cyberocracies)

plural cyberocracies

  1. countableuncountableA hypothetical form of government that rules by the effective use of information and technology.
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    Cyberocracy must surpass bureaucracy and its 20th-century iteration, technocracy if new techniques of acquiring and using information are to take hold. Bureaucracy depends on going through channels and keeping information in bounds. In contrast, cyberocracy may place a premium on gaining information from any source—public or private.

    1992 December, David Ronfeldt, “Cyberocracy is coming”, in The Information Society, volume 8, number 4, →DOI, →ISSN, page 255

Origin

From cyber- + -o- + -cracy, coined by political scientist David Ronfeldt in 1978.

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APA

cyberocracy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyberocracy

MLA

“cyberocracy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyberocracy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cyberocracy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyberocracy.

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