meritocracy

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noun

Plural noun:

meritocracies

1.
(countable, uncountable)Rule by merit and talent.
As a small nation without natural resources, Singapore relies on education and meritocracy to develop its economy.
2.
(countable, uncountable)A type of society where wealth, income, and social status are assigned through competition.

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nepotism kakistocracy

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antimeritocracymeritocrat meritocraticmirrortocracy

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Nguồn gốc từ

, Alan Fox, 1956 in an article in Socialist Commentary from May 1956, used as a derisive term, and popularized by British sociologist Michael Young, Baron Young of Dartington in his book The Rise of the Meritocracy (1958).