meritocracy

Definitions

Commerce

• noun a society or organisation in which advancement is based on a person’s natural ability rather than on his or her background

Politics

• noun a society where people of ability have higher status than people of inherited wealth and good birth

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Contexts for “meritocracy”

2 definitions in context
• Commerce
• Politics