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technocracy

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /tɛkˈnɒkɹəsi/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a form of government in which scientists and technical experts are in control

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • technocracy was described as that society in which those who govern justify themselves by appeal to technical experts who justify themselves by appeal to scientific forms of knowledge

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: political system, form of government

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: teunocracia — a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
  • Belarusian: тэхнакра́тыя (texnakrátyja) — a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
  • Bulgarian: технокра́ция (tehnokrácija) — a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
  • Catalan: tecnocràcia — a 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 (zhuānjiā tǒngzhì) — a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
  • Czech: technokracie — a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
  • Danish: teknokrati — a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
  • Dutch: technocratie — a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
  • Esperanto: teĥnokratio — a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
  • Esperanto: teknokratio — a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
  • Finnish: teknokratia — a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
  • French: technocratie — a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
  • Galician: tecnocracia — a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
  • Georgian: ტექნოკრატია (ṭeknoḳraṭia) — a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
  • German: Technokratie — a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
  • Greek: τεχνοκρατία (technokratía) — a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
  • Hungarian: technokrácia — a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
  • Icelandic: tækniveldi — a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
  • Indonesian: teknokrasi — a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
  • Irish: teicnealathas — a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
  • Italian: tecnocrazia — a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
  • Korean: 테크노크라시 (tekeunokeurasi) — a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
  • Korean: 기술 관료정치 (gisul gwallyojeongchi) — a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
  • Latvian: tehnokrātija — a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
  • Lithuanian: technokratija — a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
  • Macedonian: технократија (tehnokratija) — a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
  • Malay: teknokrasi — a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
  • Polish: technokracja — a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
  • Portuguese: tecnocracia — a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
  • Punjabi: ਤਕਨੀਕੀਰਾਜ (taknīkīrāj) — a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
  • Romanian: tehnocrație — a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
  • Russian: технокра́тия (texnokrátija) — a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
  • Spanish: tecnocracia — a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
  • Swahili: teknokrasia — a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
  • Swedish: teknokrati — a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
  • Turkish: teknokrasi — a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
  • Ukrainian: технокра́тія (texnokrátija) — a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
  • Vietnamese: kĩ trị — a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
  • Vietnamese: kỹ trị — a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise
  • Welsh: technocratiaeth — a system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise