technocracy

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/tɛkˈnɒkɹəsi/

noun

A system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise.

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Meanings

nountechnocracy (countable and uncountable, plural technocracies)

plural technocracies

  1. countableuncountableA system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise.

    Macron may be the best of the existing system, but his politics is located within the liberal-democratic coordinates of the enlightened technocracy.

    2018 December 17, Slavoj Žižek, “The yellow vest protesters revolting against centrism mean well – but their left wing populism won’t change French politics”, in The Independent
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    When scientific imagination and knowledge of Nature's Laws are substituted in our economics for chance, mystery, and magic;[…] when this economic childish irrationality is sanely substituted by organized Science, Technology, and specialized Skill co-ordinated in National Industrial Management, then will begin real civilization, the Age of Social Sanity, — Technocracy.

    1919, William Henry Smyth, Technocracy, first, second and third series, published 1921, page 20

Origin

From techno- (“technical”, “technicians”) + -cracy (“rule by”), attributed to W.H. Smyth.

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Translations

Bulgarian технокра́ция
  • технокра́ция (tehnokrácija)a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
Catalan tecnocràcia
  • tecnocràciaa system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
Chinese Mandarin 專家統治 /专家统治
  • 專家統治 /专家统治 (zhuānjiā tǒngzhì)a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
Czech technokracie
  • technokraciea system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
Danish teknokrati
  • teknokratia system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
Dutch technocratie
  • technocratiea system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
Esperanto teĥnokratio, teknokratio
  • teĥnokratioa system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
  • teknokratioa system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
Finnish teknokratia
  • teknokratiaa system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
French technocratie
  • technocratiea system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
German Technokratie
  • Technokratiea system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
Greek τεχνοκρατία
  • τεχνοκρατία (technokratía)a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
Hungarian technokrácia
  • technokráciaa system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
Icelandic tækniveldi
  • tækniveldia system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
Indonesian teknokrasi
  • teknokrasia system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
Irish teicnealathas
  • teicnealathasa system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
Italian tecnocrazia
  • tecnocraziaa system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
Korean 테크노크라시, 기술 관료정치
  • 테크노크라시 (tekeunokeurasi)a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
  • 기술 관료정치 (gisul gwallyojeongchi)a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
Latvian tehnokrātija
  • tehnokrātijaa system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
Lithuanian technokratija
  • technokratijaa system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
Malay teknokrasi
  • teknokrasia system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
Polish technokracja
  • technokracjaa system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
Portuguese tecnocracia
  • tecnocraciaa system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
Punjabi ਤਕਨੀਕੀਰਾਜ
  • ਤਕਨੀਕੀਰਾਜ (taknīkīrāj)a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
Romanian tehnocrație
  • tehnocrațiea system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
Russian технокра́тия
  • технокра́тия (texnokrátija)a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
Spanish tecnocracia
  • tecnocraciaa system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
Swahili teknokrasia
  • teknokrasiaa system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
Swedish teknokrati
  • teknokratia system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
Turkish teknokrasi
  • teknokrasia system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
Ukrainian технокра́тія
  • технокра́тія (texnokrátija)a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
Vietnamese kĩ trị, kỹ trị
  • kĩ trịa system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
  • kỹ trịa system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
Welsh technocratiaeth
  • technocratiaetha system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
Cite this entry
APA

technocracy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/technocracy

MLA

“technocracy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/technocracy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “technocracy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/technocracy.

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