MERITOCRACY


Meaning of MERITOCRACY in English

noun (plural -cies) Etymology: 1merit + -o- + -cracy Date: 1958 a system in which the talented are chosen and moved ahead on the basis of their achievement, leadership selected on the basis of intellectual criteria, meritocratic adjective

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