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Definition of Technocrat
1. Noun. An expert who is a member of a highly skilled elite group.
2. Noun. An advocate of technocracy.
Definition of Technocrat
1. Noun. An advocate of technocracy. ¹
2. Noun. An expert in some technology, especially one in a managerial or administrative role. ¹
3. Noun. An individual who makes decisions based solely on technical information and not personal or public opinion. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Technocrat
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Technocrat
Literary usage of Technocrat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. C3I: Issues of Command and Control edited by Thomas P. Coakley (1991)
"If he is a technocrat you can talk to him in terms of a "C3 system," an ...
And the technocrat is comfortable with the idea of a "system" like that. ..."
2. Shifting African Identities by S. B. Bekker, Martine Dodds, Meshack M. Khosa (2001)
"When Mobutu's death became evident, this technocrat fled to the West, leaving
behind a country "objectively" in abject poverty. ..."
3. The Political Economy of Fiscal Policy by Miguel Urrutia, Shinichi Ichimura, Setsuko Yukawa (1989)
"Subsequent efforts at trade tax reform provide an interesting case of the conflict
in technocrat versus entrenched big business. ..."
4. America's Great Depression by Murray Newton Rothbard (2000)
"HS Person, managing director of the Taylor Society, displayed the naivete of the
technocrat when he said, in a puzzled way: "we expect the greatest ..."
5. Test Case: Italy, Ethiopia, and the League of Nations by George W. Baer (1976)
"... was "a complete technocrat," without ideological commitment to the founders'
vision of the association he served. Here is Weiss's charge against him, ..."
6. Power, Competition, and the State by Keith Middlemas (1986)
"Nevertheless, in his public speeches and broadcasts, Cripps, the
moralist-cum-technocrat, set out a future for modern industry and a modern
workforce in ..."
7. Central Asia and the World: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan by Michael Mandelbaum (1994)
"... (or in Akaev's case, technocrat). Of the present leaders, only Turkmenistan's
Niyazov has wholly embraced his "historical religion," making hajj, ..."
8. Oil Monarchies: Domestic and Security Challenges in the Arab Gulf States by F. Gregory Gause (1994)
"For example, while the Qatari Monetary Agency is headed by a technocrat, the
deputy governor is a member of the Al Thani. A similar situation holds true in ..."
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