Meritocracy

Definitions

1. Rule by merit and talent.
   countable, uncountable
2. A type of society where wealth, income, and social status are assigned through competition.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“As a small nation without natural resources, Singapore relies on education and meritocracy to develop⟳ its economy.”

“In Markovits’s telling, the rise⟳ of the meritocracy is a story of unintended consequences.”

“Its faculty has also been a factory of books taking differing positions on the merits and demerits of meritocracy and elite education.”

CEFR level