"scientocracy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: scientocracies [plural]
Etymology: From science (Old French science, from Latin scientia (“knowledge”), from sciens, the present participle stem of scire (“know”)) + -cracy (Ancient Greek -κρατία (-kratía), from κράτος (krátos, “power, rule”)); first known use in 1887. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|science}} Old French science, {{uder|en|la|scientia||knowledge}} Latin scientia (“knowledge”), {{m|la|sciens}} sciens, {{m|la|scire||know}} scire (“know”), {{uder|en|grc|-κρατία}} Ancient Greek -κρατία (-kratía), {{m|grc|κράτος||power, rule}} κράτος (krátos, “power, rule”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} scientocracy (countable and uncountable, plural scientocracies)
  1. An elite community of scientists. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (members of an elite community of scientists): سِيَاسَة عَامَّة عِلْمِيَّة (siyāsa ʕāmma ʕilmiyya) (Arabic), 科學統治 (Chinese Mandarin), 科学统治 (kēxué tǒngzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), scientocratie [feminine] (French), cienciocracia (Spanish), scientokrati (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-scientocracy-en-noun-m1nQEn4E Disambiguation of 'members of an elite community of scientists': 86 14
  2. The practice of basing public policies on science. A government of the people, but informed by scientists. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-scientocracy-en-noun-1nAMtiXh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 36 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: scientocrat, scientocratic, technocracy, technocrat

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