technocracy

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

technocracy
    n 1: a form of government in which scientists and technical
         experts are in control; "technocracy was described as that
         society in which those who govern justify themselves by
         appeal to technical experts who justify themselves by
         appeal to scientific forms of knowledge"

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

technocracy \tech*noc"ra*cy\, n.
   government by technical specialists.
   [PJC]