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Meaning of Meritocracy | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
mɛɹɪˈtɒkɹəsi

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

العربية النظام الذي يعتمد تقدمه على المقدرة والعطاء الفردي
Català meritocràcia
Čeština meritokracie
Dansk meritokrati
Deutsch Leistungsgesellschaft Meritokratie
Ελληνικά αξιοκρατία
Español meritocracia
Suomi meritokratia
Français méritocratie
Bahasa Indonesia meritokrasi
Italiano meritocrazia
日本語 能力主義
ქართული მერიტოკრატია
Қазақша меритократия
Bahasa Melayu meritokrasi
Nederlands meritocratie
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਯੋਗਤਾਤੰਤਰ ਯੋਗਤਾਰਾਜ
Polski merytokracja
Português meritocracia
Română meritocrație
Русский меритокра́тия
Svenska meritokrati
ไทย คุณธรรมนิยม
Türkçe meritokrasi

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

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

meritocrat Meritocratic meritocratically meritocratism meritorious meritorious mast

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