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meritocrats

meritocrats is the plural of meritocrat.

Meaning of meritocrat

Noun

meritocrat (plural meritocrats)

  1. An advocate of meritocracy.
  2. A person who has authority allegedly based on ability.
    • The state uses universal testing to identify and elevate meritocrats, leaving most of England’s citizens poor and demoralized, without even a legitimate grievance, since, after all, who could argue that the wise should not rule?2019 September 5, Sarah Leonard, “The Fall of the Meritocracy”, in The New Republic, archived from the original on 07 Sep 2019

Questions about meritocrats

What is meritocrats the plural of?
Meritocrats is the plural of meritocrat.

Words near meritocrats in the dictionary

  1. meritocracy
  2. meritocrat
  3. meritocratic
  4. meritocratically
  5. meritocratism
  6. meritocrats
  7. meritorious
  8. meritorious mast
  9. meritorious masts
  10. meritoriously
  11. meritoriousness

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