Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun meritocracy

2 senses of meritocracy

Sense 1
meritocracy -- (a form of social system in which power goes to those with superior intellects)
       => social organization, social organisation, social structure, social system, structure -- (the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships; "the social organization of England and America is very different"; "sociologists have studied the changing structure of the family")

Sense 2
meritocracy -- (the belief that rulers should be chosen for their superior abilities and not because of their wealth or birth)
       => political orientation, ideology, political theory -- (an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation)