"scientocracy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: scientocracies [plural]
Etymology: From sciento- + -cracy; first known use in 1887. Etymology templates: {{af|en|sciento-|-cracy}} sciento- + -cracy 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 /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': 88 12
  2. (governance) The practice of basing public policies on science. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-scientocracy-en-noun-kQTxOcb1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with sciento-, English terms suffixed with -cracy, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with sciento-: 39 61 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cracy: 36 64 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 42 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: scientocrat, scientocratic, technocracy, technocrat

Inflected forms

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