meritocracy
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a form of social system in which power goes to those with superior intellects
Types & categories
- social organization hypernym
Related & opposite
- meritocratic derivation
Sense 2 noun
the belief that rulers should be chosen for their superior abilities and not because of their wealth or birth
Types & categories
- ideology hypernym
Related & opposite
- meritocratic derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | meritocratic |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | social organization |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | meritocratic |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | ideology |