educracy

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noun

Educrats collectively; bureaucracy in the field of education.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nouneducracy (usually uncountable, plural educracies)

plural educracies

  1. derogatoryuncountableusuallyEducrats collectively; bureaucracy in the field of education.

    Politicians passed legislation designed to reward teaching and discourage what was perceived as a self-gratifying and excessive professionalism on the part of the educracy.

    2003, Carl A. Raschke, The Digital Revolution and the Coming of the Postmodern University, page 52
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