meritocracy

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (countable, uncountable) Rule by merit and talent.
2. (countable, uncountable) A type of society where wealth, income, and social status are assigned through competition.

Sinonieme

earnings

gain

income

profit

profits

receipts

rente

revenue

squirearchy

aristocrcy

NINJA loan

Vertalings

méritocratie

meritocracia

Meritokratie

meritocracia

meritocrazia

meritocràcia

Einkommen

Leistungsprinzip

عائد

Leistungsgesellschaft

Ertrag

εισόδημα

αξιοκρατία

ingrés

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/mɛɹɪˈtɒkɹəsi/

Etimologie (Engels)

From merit + -o- + -cracy, coined by British sociologist Alan Fox in 1956 in an article in Socialist Commentary from May 1956, used as a derisive term, and popularized by British sociologist Michael Young, Baron Young of Dartington in his 1958 book The Rise of the Meritocracy.