What does kritocracy mean?

kritocracy

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"However, it is doubtful that one instance of breaching the natural law would justify jettisoning the popular sovereign for a kritocracy, as Mr Justice O'Hanlon would seem to have it."
"But Article Three is slapping around Article One. It's rule by judges, a kritocracy."
"And here we see a complete agreement between the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists as to the true nature of the Constitution -- it will be a (benign?) Kritocracy -- a government ruled by Judges."

kritocracies (plural)

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