Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cyberocracy

/ˌsaɪbəˈɹɒkɹəsi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cy-be-ro-c-ra-cy
IPA: /ˌsaɪbəˈɹɒkɹəsi/

25

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

6

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hypothetical form of government that rules by the effective use of information and technology.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Cyberocracy must surpass bureaucracy and its 20th-century iteration, technocracy if new techniques of acquiring and using information are to take hold. Bureaucracy depends on going through channels and keeping information in bounds. In contrast, cyberocracy may place a premium on gaining information from any source—public or private."

Etymology

From cyber- + -o- + -cracy, coined by political scientist David Ronfeldt in 1978.

Usage

Inflected Forms

cyberocracies (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

cybercratic algocracy infocracy

Rhymes With

boobocracy argentocracy czarocracy clericocracy ephebocracy dollarocracy corruptocracy economocracy blobocracy clerocracy elitocracy athletocracy

Questions

How do you pronounce cyberocracy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌsaɪbəˈɹɒkɹəsi/.
What does cyberocracy mean?: A hypothetical form of government that rules by the effective use of information and technology.
Where does cyberocracy come from?: From cyber- + -o- + -cracy, coined by political scientist David Ronfeldt in 1978.

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