quangocracy

English

Etymology

From quango +‎ -cracy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kwaŋˌɡɒkɹəsi/

Noun

quangocracy (plural quangocracies)

1. Rule by quangos or similar unelected bodies. [from 20th c.]
   • 2014 May 22, Will Self, “Selfish, Whining Monkeys by Rod Liddle review – why is he so angry?”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     This vicious and unjust slur is handed down from on high by a back-slapping quangocracy that's "in agreement about everything".

   • 2024 March 30, David Runciman, “‘She still carries an aura of spectacular failure’: why hasn’t Liz Truss gone away?”, in The Guardian‎^[2], →ISSN:

     The dark forces arrayed against her – what she once dubbed the “anti-growth coalition” and now calls, depending on her audience, the “quangocracy” or “communists” – were determined that she wouldn’t succeed.

See also

• bureaucracy