meritocracia

Definitions of meritocracia
  1. noun
    the belief that rulers should be chosen for their superior abilities and not because of their wealth or birth
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    type of:
    ideología, orientación política
    an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation
  2. noun
    a form of social system in which power goes to those with superior intellects
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