social credit

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social credit

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uncountable A political and economic philosophy originated by C. H. Douglas which envisages an "aristocracy of producers, serving and accredited by a democracy of consumers".
uncountable A system said to be implemented in China, where everyone has a score affected by one's positive and negative actions in society to rate people's conduct and justify granting or removal of rights.
uncountable The score itself in such system. Thank you for your dedication to the People's Republic of China. +2500 social credit.

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noun political and economic philosophy

中文	社會信用 /社会信用 shèhuì xìnyòng
Français	crédit social

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@misc{social_credit_2026,
  title = {social credit},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/social%20credit},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}