technocratic

[ tek-nuh-krat-ik ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or designating a technocrat or technocracy.

Word History and Origins

Origin of technocratic¹

technocrat + -ic

Example Sentences

It was like a PowerPoint presentation arguing, over the course of seven or eight slides, that we’re the rational, trustworthy folks who will try to build consensus with minor technocratic fixes to the country’s massive and intractable problems, whereas that other guy is a dangerous aspiring F-word dictator who just wants to smash things.

From Salon

Early Wednesday, morning cable TV shows and social media offered dueling interpretations of Trump’s victory: Liberals argued the American people had delivered a death blow to democracy while conservatives celebrated Trump’s victory as the people’s revolt against technocratic elites.

From Los Angeles Times

Ideologically, three things distinguish Avlon as a politician: his fundamental disgust at Trump and Trumpism, his roots in a very particular New York good-government tradition, and his profound belief in an earnest, almost technocratic brand of politics.

From Slate

Georgia's pro-Western president, Salome Zourabichvili, has openly called for voters to support opposition groups, who have backed her plan for a one-year technocratic government if they win.

From BBC

These causes of mass incarceration are harder, more labor-intensive, sometimes more technocratic to fix, and they force us to confront our own roles in how we got here.

From Slate