meritocrat
noun
mer·it·o·crat
ˈmer-ə-tə-ˌkrat 
chiefly British
: a person who advances through a meritocratic system
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Markovits thinks that meritocracy is making everyone miserable, not least the meritocrats themselves.
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Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2019
Now, meritocrats transmit privilege by investing in education.
—Daniel Markovits, Time, 12 Sep. 2019
Lebedev, it can be assumed, is not a pure meritocrat: His friends do better in his enterprises than people who are not his friends.
—Ed Caesar, Esquire, 15 Sep. 2017
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Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2019
Now, meritocrats transmit privilege by investing in education.
—Daniel Markovits, Time, 12 Sep. 2019
Lebedev, it can be assumed, is not a pure meritocrat: His friends do better in his enterprises than people who are not his friends.
—Ed Caesar, Esquire, 15 Sep. 2017
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“Meritocrat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meritocrat. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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