Quangocrat

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    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."

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"Right now, FCA is what the British call a 'quango,' for Quasi-Autonomous National Governmental Organization, and Popejoy is a quangocrat playing chicken."

Etymology

From quango + -crat.

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