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maer-uh-TAW-kruh-see
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a system which promotes and recognizes people based on their personal achievements or abilities
1990Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall StreetBut the front row was less confident than the back that the firm was a meritocracy of money-makers.1992Red MarsHer ability to function as leader depended on it; for in the end, she thought, they would surely become a kind of loose scientific meritocracy.2002Four Blind MiceHe told me it's smart for a black man to find a meritocracy like the Army.Labels: James Patterson, Kim Stanley Robinson, Michael Lewis
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