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scientocracies

scientocracies is the plural of scientocracy.

Meaning of scientocracy

Noun

scientocracy (countable and uncountable, plural scientocracies)

  1. An elite community of scientists.
    • His lesson in Hamburg had taught him that a novus homo must not be arrogant when he enters the society of the scientocracy, and that he must not run himself rashly against vested interests.1887, Florence Caddy, Through the fields with Linnaeus: a chapter in Swedish history, volume 1, page 294
  2. The practice of basing public policies on science.
    • When I talk about Scientocracy, then, I'm not talking about a world ruled by behavioral scientists, or any other kind of scientists. Instead, I am imagining a government of the people, but informed by scientists.2009, Peter Ubel, Scientocracy: Policy making that reflects human nature.

Questions about scientocracies

What is scientocracies the plural of?
Scientocracies is the plural of scientocracy.

Words near scientocracies in the dictionary

  1. scientize
  2. scientized
  3. scientizes
  4. scientizing
  5. sciento-
  6. scientocracies
  7. scientocracy
  8. scientocrat
  9. scientocratic
  10. scientocrats
  11. scientolism

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