meritocrat
noun
mer·it·o·crat
ˈmer-ə-tə-ˌkrat 
chiefly British
: a person who advances through a meritocratic system
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Markovits thinks that meritocracy is making everyone miserable, not least the meritocrats themselves.
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Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2019
Now, meritocrats transmit privilege by investing in education.
—Daniel Markovits, Time, 12 Sep. 2019
Lebedev, it can be assumed, is not a pure meritocrat: His friends do better in his enterprises than people who are not his friends.
—Ed Caesar, Esquire, 15 Sep. 2017
Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2019
Now, meritocrats transmit privilege by investing in education.
—Daniel Markovits, Time, 12 Sep. 2019
Lebedev, it can be assumed, is not a pure meritocrat: His friends do better in his enterprises than people who are not his friends.
—Ed Caesar, Esquire, 15 Sep. 2017
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“Meritocrat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meritocrat. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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