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meritocracy
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meritocracy
1. rule by persons chosen not because of birth or wealth, but for their superior talents or intellect
2. the persons constituting such a group
3. a social system formed on such a basis


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There's a danger in all this for Obama and his fellow meritocrats in the administration.
Tilting at windmills by Peters, Charles / Washington Monthly
These days, Britons, whether of the left or the right, are generally thought to be meritocrats, in favour of social mobility, of people making their own way.
Pass it on by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
Peter Simkins will be at the DLI on Saturday, June 30 with his talk The Meritocrats, Some Outstanding but Largely Forgotten British and Dominion Generals of the Great War.
Military historians at the DLI by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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