quangocracy

plural quangocracies

1. Rule by quangos or similar unelected bodies.First known use 20th c.

   This vicious and unjust slur is handed down from on high by a back-slapping quangocracy that's "in agreement about everything".

   2014 May 22, Will Self, “Selfish, Whining Monkeys by Rod Liddle review – why is he so angry?”, in The Guardian

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   The dark forces arrayed against her – what she once dubbed the “anti-growth coalition” and now calls, depending on her audience, the “quangocracy” or “communists” – were determined that she wouldn’t succeed.

   2024 March 30, David Runciman, “‘She still carries an aura of spectacular failure’: why hasn’t Liz Truss gone away?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN