Definition of meritocracy
meritocracies
1 : a system in which the talented are chosen and moved ahead on the basis of their achievement only the elite, in that new meritocracy, would enjoy the opporunity for self-fulfillment — R. P. Warren
2 : leadership selected on the basis of intellectual criteria many private schools have sold their birthright by choosing … “diversity” over scholarly meritocracy — L. G. Crovitz
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What better, safer way to take a great virtuous stand for meritocracy than to find a high-profile returning coach and purge his entry-level tight ends coach?
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A meritocracy in which young players must supplant each other or supplant veterans to earn minutes should force all the players to raise their games.
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No two countries have done more to broadcast their meritocracies than the US and the UK.
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In a sports world based on meritocracy, that always bugged me.
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Within Silicon Valley, which generally views itself as a meritocracy, calls for improving diversity have only grown louder as yearly employment reports continue to show leadership teams being dominated by men.
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Senior managers, meanwhile, have been taught to give our management team the elbow room to make their own decisions; business schools tell us to build a meritocracy and to judge our executives on their results.
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With its notion of meritocracy, the spelling bee was innocuous and purposeful — clean educational fun for all.
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That, in short, sums up the philosophy behind Kraft Heinz’s system of meritocracy.
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Origin and Etymology of meritocracy
1merit + -o- + -cracy
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