Scientocracy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Scientocracy is a noun meaning An elite community of scientists.
Meaning
An elite community of scientists.
More Meanings
- (governance) The practice of basing public policies on science.
Example Sentences
It could only appear through some dictatorial coup d'etat by a future scientocracy.
the roots of which lie in the curious marriage of the prohibitionist spirit and the new scientocracies that govern our lives.
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.
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.
Word Forms
- scientocracies
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include science, scientism, scienda, academia, metascientist, superscience.
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