technocratize

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verb

To make technocratic; to turn into a technocracy.

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Meanings

verbtechnocratize (third-person singular simple present technocratizes, present participle technocratizing, simple past and past participle technocratized)

present singular third person technocratizes · participle present technocratizing · participle past technocratized · past technocratized

  1. transitiveTo make technocratic; to turn into a technocracy.

    But as he saw it, America had saved Europe from military and economic disaster and become the leader of the West. Now it was America’s duty to modernize, legalize, democratize and technocratize the East whether the inhabitants liked it or not.

    1972, W. A. Swanberg, Luce and His Empire, New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, →LCCN, page 459

Origin

From technocrat(ic) + -ize.

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technocratize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/technocratize

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “technocratize,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/technocratize.

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