Meritocracy
nounid
91617·updated May 18, 2026verified
the belief that rulers should be chosen for their superior abilities and not because of their wealth or birth
polysemous
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unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Meritocracies
- possessive
- Meritocracy's
- pluralpossessive
- Meritocracies'
Framework definitions
- §1
- the belief that rulers should be chosen for their superior abilities and not because of their wealth or birth
- §2
- a form of social system in which power goes to those with superior intellects
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