tecnocracia
Portuguese, noun/ˌtɛ.ki.no.kɾaˈsi.ɐ/
tecnocracia is spelled T-E-C-N-O-C-R-A-C-I-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese, the 104,744th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tecnocracia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “technocracy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “governo dos técnicos, que, pelo controle dos meios de produção, tendem a superar o poder político ao invés de…”.
What does tecnocracia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetechnocracy
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. governo dos técnicos, que, pelo controle dos meios de produção, tendem a superar o poder político ao invés de apoiar suas atividades
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tecnocracia
- tecnocracias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tecnocracia?
- Brazil /ˌtɛ.ki.no.kɾaˈsi.ɐ/
- Brazil /ˌtɛk.no.kɾaˈsi.ɐ/
- Portugal /ˌtɛk.nɔ.kɾɐˈsi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tecnocracia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tecnocracia in Portuguese?
tecnocracia appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).