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a societal system where success is determined by individual skill and ability rather than factors like wealth or social status
- Meritocracy rewards hard work over family connections.
- Some see meritocracy as reducing privilege.
- Meritocracy values achievement over inherited advantage.
- Companies in a meritocracy promote based on performance.
- Meritocracy suggests anyone can achieve success.
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the group of people who attain positions of authority or influence in a ability-based system
- The nation's leaders were largely drawn from the meritocracy.
- Members of the corporate meritocracy often come from elite schools.
- The meritocracy is criticized for becoming insular and self-reinforcing.
- Young professionals aspire to join the meritocracy of the tech industry.
- Policies favored those already in the meritocracy, widening gaps.