Usually means: System where ability determines success.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word meritocracy:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. meritocracy: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. meritocracy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. meritocracy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. meritocracy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. meritocracy: Vocabulary.com
  6. Meritocracy, meritocracy: Wordnik
  7. meritocracy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. meritocracy: Wiktionary
  9. meritocracy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. meritocracy: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. meritocracy: Dictionary.com
  12. Meritocracy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. meritocracy: Rhymezone
  14. meritocracy: Grandiloquent Dictionary
  15. meritocracy: Free Dictionary
  16. meritocracy: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  17. meritocracy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. meritocracy: Dictionary/thesaurus
  19. 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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