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TECHNOCRAT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does technocrat mean?
• TECHNOCRAT (noun)
The noun TECHNOCRAT has 2 senses:
1. an expert who is a member of a highly skilled elite group
2. an advocate of technocracy
Familiarity information: TECHNOCRAT used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An expert who is a member of a highly skilled elite group
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("technocrat" is a kind of...):
expert (a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully)
Holonyms ("technocrat" is a member of...):
elite; elite group (a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An advocate of technocracy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("technocrat" is a kind of...):
pol; political leader; politician; politico (a person active in party politics)
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