English Explanatory Dictionary

scientocracy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An elite community of scientists.
  2. The practice of basing public policies on science.

Word forms

scientocracy scientocracies

Etymology

From sciento- + -cracy; first known use in 1887.

Related words

scientocrat scientocratic technocracy technocrat
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