technocracynoun [ C or U ]
uk/tekˈnɒk.rə.si//tekˈnɑː.krə.si/specialized politics a government or social system that is controlled or influenced by experts in science or technology; the fact of a government or social system being influenced by such experts :
We live in a technocracy where progress involves the mastering of increasingly complex data.
In her opinion, technocracy was not incompatible with democracy.
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