meritocratic

[ mer-i-tuh-krat-ik ]

adjective

based on ability and talent rather than class, privilege, or wealth:The prime minister has vowed to create a truly meritocratic country, where everyone will have a fair chance in life.

Origin of meritocratic

First recorded in 1955–60; meritocrat + -ic

Not long ago, the concept of diversity was viewed as anti-meritocratic—even harmful.
The Republican Rainbow Coalition Is Real | Tim Mak | November 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The biggest problem with meritocratic thinking is its obsession with who has earned what.
We Need More Class Traitors: Solving America’s Meritocracy Problem | Jedediah Purdy | April 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
But it was first and foremost an attempt to wake up America from the torpor of the daily grind under its meritocratic overlords.
Miley Cyrus's Smartest Tattoo | James Poulos | September 28, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
But her model for meritocratic social mobility was predicated upon the value of cutthroat individualism.
How Thatcher's Ideology Threatens To Kill Zionism | Samuel Lebens | April 18, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
The grandes écoles, the most influential schools, are meant to train a meritocratic elite, and have rigid admission standards.
Death in New York of French Educator Richard Descoings Treated as Suspicious | Christopher Dickey | April 4, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST

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