meritocracynoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˌmer.ɪˈtɒk.rə.si/us/ˌmer.əˈtɑː.krə.si/a social system, society, or organization in which people have power because of their abilities, not because of their money or social position:
The company is a meritocracy. Good work is rewarded with promotions.
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Systems of government
- a reign of terror idiom
- absolutism
- ancien régime
- anti-federalist
- apartheid
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- democracy
- democrat
- democratic
- democratize
- imperialism
- interregnum
- Jim Crow
- junta
- kleptocracy
- plutocracy
- plutocrat
- police state
- regime
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meritocratic
adjective /ˌmer.ɪ.təˈkræt.ɪk//-ˈkræt̬-/
a more open, meritocratic society