noocracy means rule by intellect; a government which weds power with intelligence. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why “noocracy” is a great word
NOOCRACY — [Noun] A system of government in which political power is formally vested in and exercised by the intelligent and wise. From Ancient Greek νόος (nóos, "mind") + -κρατία (-kratía, "rule, power"). Unlike "meritocracy," which elevates proven talent, however applied, or "plutocracy," which enshrines the sovereignty of capital, noocracy posits governance as the solemn duty of pure, contemplative reason. It is the austere council of philosophers in a vaulted chamber, the state archive where laws are derived from first principles, and the silent, well-ordered city whose design reflects a perfect logic—a beautiful, melancholic dream of reason, forever haunted by the question of who gets to define the wise.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek νόος (nóos, “mind”) + -cracy.
noun
- Rule by intellect; a government which weds power with intelligence.“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.””