noocracy

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noun

Rule by intellect; a government which weds power with intelligence.

OriginAncient Greek νόος →
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Meanings

nounnoocracy (uncountable)
  1. neologismrareuncountableRule by intellect; a government which weds power with intelligence.

    Similar to Plato’s “government of the wise,” a noocracy would be, in the words of “biosphere” popularizer Vladimir Vernadsky, “a social and political system based on the priority of the human mind.”

    2014 June 12, George Dvorsky, “12 Futuristic Forms of Government That Could One Day Rule the World”, in Gizmodo

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekνόος“mind”
  2. Englishnoocracy

From Ancient Greek νόος (nóos, “mind”) + -cracy.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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