Usually means: Based on ability and achievement.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word meritocratic:

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  1. meritocratic: Merriam-Webster
  2. meritocratic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. meritocratic: Collins English Dictionary
  4. meritocratic: Vocabulary.com
  5. meritocratic: Wordnik
  6. meritocratic: Wiktionary
  7. meritocratic: Dictionary.com
  8. Meritocratic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. meritocratic: Rhymezone
  10. meritocratic: FreeDictionary.org
  11. meritocratic: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. meritocratic: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. meritocratic: Encyclopedia

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▸ adjective:  Pertaining to a meritocracy.

Similar:
partocratic, mesocratic, heterocratic, sportocratic, hereditarian, aristodemocratic, punditocratic, moneyocratic, ethnocratic, meristic, more...

Opposite:
plutocratic, aristocratic, oligarchic

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Similar:
partocratic, mesocratic, heterocratic, sportocratic, hereditarian, aristodemocratic, punditocratic, moneyocratic, ethnocratic, meristic, more...

Opposite:
plutocratic, aristocratic, oligarchic



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