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  • noun Plural form of meritocracy.

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Examples

  • Questioning the merit of meritocracy, which draws from her own thoughts and a variety of other sources to argue that the rankings in many so-called meritocracies are both polluted by self-promotion and fail to assign merit to a broad enough spectrum of talents.

    Planet Sun 2010

  • Questioning the merit of meritocracy, which draws from her own thoughts and a variety of other sources to argue that the rankings in many so-called meritocracies are both polluted by self-promotion and fail to assign merit to a broad enough spectrum of talents.

    Sun Bloggers 2010

  • Questioning the merit of meritocracy, which draws from her own thoughts and a variety of other sources to argue that the rankings in many so-called meritocracies are both polluted by self-promotion and fail to assign merit to a broad enough spectrum of talents.

    Planet Sun 2010

  • Professional and college sports are true competitive meritocracies.

    Michael J. Critelli: Why We Love Sports and Don't Like Business and Government Michael J. Critelli 2011

  • That the "old guard" who thinks that the system works well and all workplaces are already meritocracies will never retire.

    Ilene H. Lang: Be Afraid, Very Afraid Ilene H. Lang 2010

  • Professional and college sports are true competitive meritocracies.

    Michael J. Critelli: Why We Love Sports and Don't Like Business and Government Michael J. Critelli 2011

  • That the "old guard" who thinks that the system works well and all workplaces are already meritocracies will never retire.

    Ilene H. Lang: Be Afraid, Very Afraid Ilene H. Lang 2010

  • But meritocracies have their limits, too, and the notion of "pay for performance" can be taken way too far.

    Wall Street's record-breaking paystubs: Pay for performance? Really? Jena McGregor 2010

  • That the "old guard" who thinks that the system works well and all workplaces are already meritocracies will never retire.

    Ilene H. Lang: Be Afraid, Very Afraid Ilene H. Lang 2010

  • That the "old guard" who thinks that the system works well and all workplaces are already meritocracies will never retire.

    Ilene H. Lang: Be Afraid, Very Afraid Ilene H. Lang 2010

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