> No, in politics, “technocrat” describes an advocate of rule by an elite of technical experts. I've never seen that usage - in my experience, a technocrat is

> No, in politics, “technocrat” describes an advocate of rule by an elite of technical experts. I've never seen that usage - in my experience, a technocrat is always the (supposed) expert, not the advocate for expert rule. Wikipedia commonly uses "advocate for technocracy" on the relevant biography pages.