meritocratic

meritocracy | Business English

meritocracy
noun[ C ]
uk /ˌmerɪˈtɒkrəsi/uspluralmeritocracies
POLITICS
a social system or organization in which people reach positions of power based on their abilities rather than their money, family connections, etc.:
The city firm is a true meritocracy where every employee has the opportunity to advance.

Examples of meritocracy

meritocracy
Built into most anti-colonial ideology were radical commitments to modernization and a pronounced antipathy to anything other than democracy and meritocracy.
The strong attachment to merit (hence meritocracy) ensures that the most competent are not only recruited but rise to leadership levels in the civil service.
These include restoring meritocracy, improving accountability and competitiveness.
Conservatives counter that society will be hurt by any departure from strict meritocracy.
But love, like literature, is neither a meritocracy nor a redemption that exalts the faithful.
There are slippery terms employed here - intellectuals, the thinking classes, the upper middle classes, elites, meritocracy.
As mentioned earlier, it was a question of cronyism/nepotism versus utilitarianism/meritocracy.
They would not appreciate the revolutionary potential of meritocracy until it was too late.
Within those limits, the political regime in question can be called the regime of meritocracy.
The documented differences between men and women in scientific career paths do not match what would be expected in a true meritocracy.
This can be reformed by the creation of a different type of meritocracy, following the creation of a new balance being struck between government, the people, and the market.
The lure of unified, orderly authority, exercised by an elite meritocracy (of the right or the left) safely insulated from the whims of the uneducated masses, remains strong.
The myth of meritocracy in science is so strong that it often eludes criticism and prevents ser ious discussion of the relation between science and society, even historically.
Meiji leaders, he argues, created 'a thorough meritocracy and education system based on equal opportunity' (p. 101).
Although the eighteenth-century ruling group was far from a meritocracy, such acts of benevolence could earn the individual the right and provided justification for occupying an elevated rank.
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