MERITOCRACY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The belief that rulers should be chosen for their superior abilities and not because of their wealth or birth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("meritocracy" is a kind of...):

ideology; political orientation; political theory (an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation)

Derivation:

meritocratic (relating to or characteristic of a meritocracy)

Meaning:

A form of social system in which power goes to those with superior intellects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("meritocracy" is a kind of...):

social organisation; social organization; social structure; social system; structure (the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships)

Derivation:

meritocratic (relating to or characteristic of a meritocracy)