Noocracy

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Rule by intellect; a government which weds power with intelligence. neologism, rare, uncountable

    "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.”"

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"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.”"

Etymology

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

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