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