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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A powerful high-ranking official in a quango; a proponent of quangocracy..
Right now, FCA is what the British call a 'quango,' for Quasi-Autonomous National Governmental Organization, and Popejoy is a quangocrat playing chicken.
In many parts of Britain a new class of quangocrat has emerged, and nowhere more so than in Wales.
As Nolan moved in to stop payments for sitting on such boards, The Guardian identified the main 'quangocrat' as Sir Brian Shaw, who received £4000 per day...
In the hands of a genuinely well-meaning Arts Council, it also means 'power', exercised by some genuinely well-meaning quangocrat.
Use quangocrat when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Quangocrat means A powerful high-ranking official in a quango; a proponent of quangocracy..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Right now, FCA is what the British call a 'quango,' for Quasi-Autonomous National Governmental Organization, and Popejoy is a quangocrat playing chicken.
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