technocrat
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- /ˈtɛknəˌkræt/
- The government appointed a technocrat to oversee the new environmental policies and ensure they are based on scientific evidence.
- role of technocrats
- state technocrats
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Watch on YouTubeI think the real battleground that we face now is between command and control technocrats on one side and adapt and survive emergence on the other.
- I think the real battleground that we face now is between command and control technocrats on one side and adapt and survive emergence on the other.
- But instead it's going to take an elite group of specialized technocrats and benevolent dictator like leaders that look after your best interests.
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Many voters are looking for a technocrat who can effectively manage the country's resources.
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And even unelected technocrats have political and ideological views, which inevitably color the calls they make.
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To the blind technocrat, the means were more important than the ends.
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His section on the climate in Palestine is thoroughly the work of the technocrat.
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There is no need to wait for technocrats to give the green light.
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Getting rid of the technocrats cost the party a billion dollars and an election.
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But rather than reveal this, the technocrats began to pretend that everything was still going according to plan.
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The role of state technocrats in enabling reform must, therefore, be carefully assessed.
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The technocrats in the cabinet gained the influence to adopt but not the power to enforce.
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"The technocrat is very much in style today," remarked the journalist Andr Toulemon.
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Antonyms
How Technocratic
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Surface Forms
Morphology
technocrat = technocracy (semi-transparent) = techno + crat
The components 'techno' and 'crat' are clear, but the specific role of a technocrat is not fully transparent without understanding 'technocracy'.
Etymology
The word technocrat comes from the Greek parts techne 'skill' (as in technology) and kratos 'rule'. So a technocrat is a person who believes in or practices rule and decision making by technical experts like scientists and engineers.