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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A system in which advancement is based on individual ability or achievement.
  2. n. A group of leaders or officeholders selected on the basis of individual ability or achievement.
  3. n. Leadership by such a group.

Wiktionary

  1. n. Rule by merit, and talent. By extension, now often used to describe a type of society where wealth, income, and social status are assigned through competition.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A form of social system in which power goes to those with superior intellects.
  2. n. The belief that rulers should be chosen for their superior abilities and not because of their wealth or birth.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. the belief that rulers should be chosen for their superior abilities and not because of their wealth or birth
  2. n. a form of social system in which power goes to those with superior intellects

Etymologies

  1. merit, from Latin mereō ("earn") + -cracy, from Ancient Greek κράτος (kratos, "strength, power"). (Wiktionary)

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  • alguien I can think of many areas of society where a meritocracy is desperately needed. Mar 28, 2007

  • dudu a social system that give other people opportunities, advantage and chance based on their skills and abilitites rather than their credibility, seniority or wealth. Dec 10, 2006

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