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philosophocracy

philosophocracy noun: government by philosophers.

Noun

philosophocracy (uncountable)

  1. Government by philosophers.
    • But, fortunately the dichotomy between populism and philosophocracy is a false dichotomy.2007, Bonnie Steinbock, The Oxford Handbook of Bioethics

Questions about philosophocracy

What does philosophocracy mean?
Philosophocracy means government by philosophers.
What part of speech is philosophocracy?
Philosophocracy is a noun.

Words near philosophocracy in the dictionary

  1. philosophizers
  2. philosophizes
  3. philosophizing
  4. philosophizings
  5. philosophobia
  6. philosophocracy
  7. philosophress
  8. philosophresses
  9. philosophunculist
  10. philosophunculists
  11. philosophy

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