technocrat
pronunciation
How to pronounce technocrat in British English:
UK [ˈteknəkræt]
How to pronounce technocrat in American English:
US [ˈtɛknəˌkræt]
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- Noun:
- an expert who is a member of a highly skilled elite group
- an advocate of technocracy
Word Origin
- technocrat (n.)
- 1932, back-formation from technocracy. Related: Technocratic.
Example
- 1. Greece has appointed lucas papademos , a mild-mannered technocrat , as prime minister .
- 2. He would not be the first italian technocrat to see his work undone by feckless politicians .
- 3. A well-regarded technocrat , he served as hungary 's caretaker prime minister from 2009 to 2010 .
- 4. Americans might welcome a technocrat after the ideological partisanship of recent years .
- 5. Much of the talk in rome is now of finding a technocrat to run a new government committed to reform-mario monti , say , who was a respected european commissioner .