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Revision as of 19:12, 6 June 2016

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Phrenocracy is government by phrenology (nonfiction).

Origin

The word "phrenocracy" was coined by Karl Jones in November 2013:

Phrenology would work just fine, if we lived in a Phrenocracy.

Source: http://bbs.boingboing.net/t/tsa-blows-a-billion-bucks-on-unscientific-behavioral-detection-program-reinvents-phrenology/14210/14

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

Phrenology (nonfiction)