Quangocrat
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Quangocrat is a noun meaning A powerful high-ranking official in a quango; a proponent of quangocracy.
Meaning
A powerful high-ranking official in a quango; a proponent of quangocracy.
Example Sentences
In many parts of Britain a new class of quangocrat has emerged, and nowhere more so than in Wales.
In the hands of a genuinely well-meaning Arts Council, it also means 'power', exercised by some genuinely well-meaning quangocrat.
Right now, FCA is what the British call a 'quango,' for Quasi-Autonomous National Governmental Organization, and Popejoy is a quangocrat playing chicken.
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.
Word Forms
- quangocrats
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include quangoism, partocrat, scientocrat, ideocrat, expertocrat, ochlocrat.
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