aretocracy

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A form of governance or political organization in which authority or eligibility for public office is based on virtue, moral excellence, or demonstrated civic merit. countable,uncommon,uncountable
    — It was a revolution, reader, a transition from republic to dictatorship in fifty years without a single drop of blood. Detractors call it a cult of charisma, but the Humanists themselves use aretocracy, rule by excellence.

词形变化

aretocracies plural

词源

From arete (“virtue, excellence”) + -o- + -cracy, from Ancient Greek ἀρετή (aretḗ).
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