meritocracy

Significado (Inglês)

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.

Conceitos

meritocracia

provento

renda

rendimento

ingresso

rendimentos

Sinônimos

earnings

gain

income

profit

profits

receipts

rente

revenue

squirearchy

aristocrcy

NINJA loan

Traduções

méritocratie

Meritokratie

meritocracia

meritocrazia

meritocràcia

Einkommen

Leistungsprinzip

عائد

Leistungsgesellschaft

Ertrag

ingrés

εισόδημα

αξιοκρατία

Erlös

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/mɛɹɪˈtɒkɹəsi/

Etimologia (Inglês)

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.