Meanings
nountechnobureaucrat (plural technobureaucrats)
plural technobureaucrats
- A member of a technobureaucracy.
Technobureaucrats sought legitimacy not so much in Islam but in managerial process.
2001, Reza Afshari, Human rights in Iran: the abuse of cultural relativism
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*teḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*tetḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*téḱ-sneh₂
- Ancient Greekτέχνη (tékhnē)
- Ancient Greekτεχνο- (tekhno-)
- Englishtechno-
- Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
- Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
- Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
- Ancient Greekπῠρρός (pŭrrhós)
- Latinburrus
- Latinburra
- Old French*bure
- Old Frenchburel
- Frenchbureau
- Proto-Indo-European*kret-
- Ancient Greekκρᾰ́τος (krắtos)
- Frenchbureaucratie
- Frenchbureaucrate
- Englishbureaucrat
- Englishtechnobureaucrat
From techno- + bureaucrat.
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technobureaucrat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/technobureaucrat
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