Meritocracy vs Terms - What's the difference?
meritocracy | terms |
Rule by merit, and talent. By extension, now often used to describe a type of society where wealth, income, and social status are assigned through competition.
As nouns the difference between meritocracy and terms
is that meritocracy is rule by merit, and talent by extension, now often used to describe a type of society where wealth, income, and social status are assigned through competition while terms is .meritocracy
English
(wikipedia meritocracy)Noun
(meritocracies)Usage notes
Though widely used as a term of praise,Meritocracy's Lab Rat, by Timothy Noah the term was original coined as a satire, and a critique of awarding educational achievement.