MEANING
An official whose authority or policy approach rests mainly on technical expertise.
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Words that belong together
- government technocrat
- appointed technocrat
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The appointed technocrat defended the plan with cost projections.
Word forms
- Base
- technocrat
Usage notes
Primary category: economics / business / social science. Forms: Singular technocrat; plural technocrats. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, evaluation, business. Commonness: moderately common.
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