Meritocracy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /mɛɹɪˈtɒkɹəsi/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Meritocracy is a noun meaning Rule by merit and talent.
Meaning
Rule by merit and talent.
More Meanings
- A type of society where wealth, income, and social status are assigned through competition.
Example Sentences
In Markovits’s telling, the rise of the meritocracy is a story of unintended consequences.
As a small nation without natural resources, Singapore relies on education and meritocracy to develop its economy.
Its faculty has also been a factory of books taking differing positions on the merits and demerits of meritocracy and elite education.
Word Forms
- meritocracies
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include merit, meritocrat, meritocratism, antimeritocracy, expertocracy, merocracy.
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