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noocracy

noocracy noun: rule by intellect; a government which weds power with intelligence.

Noun

noocracy (uncountable)

  1. (neologism, rare) Rule 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 of noocracy

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

Questions about noocracy

What does noocracy mean?
Noocracy means rule by intellect; a government which weds power with intelligence.
What part of speech is noocracy?
Noocracy is a noun.

Words near noocracy in the dictionary

  1. nooblets
  2. noobs
  3. nooby
  4. noobz
  5. nooch
  6. noocracy
  7. noocratic
  8. noodge
  9. noodged
  10. noodges
  11. noodging

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