meritocracy
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definition
noun
For the first time in the 20th century, Britain's agonisingly slow progress towards meritocracy went into reverse.
government or the holding of power by people selected on the basis of their ability.
example
France is far from a 'meritocracy' in the American vein.
Being in a small community can be inhibiting; having business dealings with friends and family can stifle a 'meritocracy' .
Who was the UK General in the First World War who rose from the ranks - dispelling the idea that Edwardian Britain wasn't a 'meritocracy' ?
However, it will not alter the arrogance and 'meritocracy' that is inherent in party politics.
We have a 'meritocracy' of money in which good public education is passed on from one generation to the next.
‘You have no choice but to have a complete 'meritocracy' and have the competition of the best ideas, best talents and the best people regardless of their backgrounds,’ Yang said.
Whether you live in a feudal system or a 'meritocracy' , the only ambitions worth having are for your soul.
Because of people such as them, sports is the closest thing America has to a true 'meritocracy' .
That makes it a good focus for a discussion of 'meritocracy' , reverse discrimination, innate abilities, cultural prejudice and so on.
For the first time in the 20th century, Britain's agonisingly slow progress towards 'meritocracy' went into reverse.
A genuine political 'meritocracy' would be representative of the general population, because it would include people from all genders and communities and would exclude only those without merit.
Sure, the ideal of a 'meritocracy' - Jefferson's aristocracy of talent and all that - is very old, but America fell short of it for a long time.
Accordingly, Napoleon's 'meritocracy' channelled the gifted and diligent into an educational system which was geared to serving the needs of the regime.
What is happening to the campaigning steamroller that was going to propel the new prophets of technocratic and 'meritocracy' craving Labor into power?
She then went on to talk gushingly about the joys of a 'meritocracy' - a society in which people are rewarded on the basis of merit, rather than on any other basis.
He built a multiracial 'meritocracy' that insists on tolerance, lawfulness and freedom from crime.
Allied to the control with which candidate selection lists are drawn up, it seems the Party is letting us slip into its own form of 'meritocracy' , badly dressed up as democracy.
They would call this a 'meritocracy' , others would see it merely entrenching the moneyed aristocracy.
Truly, our visitor might conclude, the idea of a 'meritocracy' in Britain has yet to catch on.
But perhaps he overestimates the sturdiness of the SAT-based 'meritocracy' that he wishes to see deposed.
Britain is a 'meritocracy', and everyone with skill and imagination may aspire to reach the highest level
Second, Catalyst's paper challenges the legitimacy of a 'meritocracy' : why should the banker be vastly richer than the nurse or street-cleaner?
progress towards 'meritocracy' was slow
I may no longer be the communist of my youth, but I do believe in a 'meritocracy' where people can get on in life thanks to their own efforts.
The problem with Liang's novels is that it is a rigid 'meritocracy' - people are graded on their martial art skills, and when a superior fighter encounters an inferior fighter, the outcome is always the same.
This is different from representative democracy, or 'meritocracy' .
The company was a true 'meritocracy' where a guy with a bit of chutzpah, a common touch and a love of money could go a long way.
The forces that promoted revolution in France - 'meritocracy' , ambition, new kinds of knowledge - were captured and harnessed to a revived conservatism in Britain.
A true 'meritocracy' is tougher in this regard (note that affirmative action may benefit some whites, for this reason).
A spokesman for the Singapore government said recently: ‘We are doing it in the interests of 'meritocracy' , transparency and objectivity.’
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