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- noun Plural form of
meritocracy .
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Examples
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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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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
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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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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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