Usually means: System where ability determines success.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word meritocracy:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. meritocracy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. meritocracy: Merriam-Webster
  3. meritocracy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. meritocracy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. meritocracy: Collins English Dictionary
  6. meritocracy: Vocabulary.com
  7. Meritocracy, meritocracy: Wordnik
  8. meritocracy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. meritocracy: Wiktionary
  10. meritocracy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. meritocracy: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. meritocracy: Dictionary.com
  13. Meritocracy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. meritocracy: Rhymezone
  15. meritocracy: Grandiloquent Dictionary
  16. meritocracy: FreeDictionary.org
  17. meritocracy: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  18. meritocracy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. meritocracy: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. Meritocracy: World Wide Words

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. meritocracy: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sociology (No longer online)
  2. Political (No longer online)
  3. A Brief Critical Dictionary of Education (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. meritocracy: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See meritocracies as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  Rule by merit and talent.
noun:  A type of society where wealth, income, and social status are assigned through competition.

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