Firstly, the term meritocracy has been redefined since it was originally conceived, and is now taken to be a positive term. From Wordnik.com. [Can someone please define meritocracy for Gordon Brown?] Reference
An attempt at a meritocracy is a step forward from wholesale exclusion based on race and culture. From Wordnik.com. [Special Guest Post: Zetta Elliott on the Myth of Meritocracy] Reference
But if the meritocracy is a myth, it doesn't exist ... and I think it does, though quite imperfectly. From Wordnik.com. [Special Guest Post: Zetta Elliott on the Myth of Meritocracy] Reference
The myth of meritocracy is so old and so tired. From Wordnik.com. [Special Guest Post: Zetta Elliott on the Myth of Meritocracy] Reference
Personally, I think the whole idea of meritocracy is bananas. From Wordnik.com. [The Status-tician] Reference
Otherwise, we have to assume a meritocracy is in operation here. From Wordnik.com. [Climbing Aboard the Kinnock Family Gravy Train] Reference
This myth of meritocracy is so entrenched that very few are aware of it. From Wordnik.com. [The internet is no meritocracy « Digital immigrant] Reference
She blinked until her muddled brain coughed up a definition of meritocracy. From Wordnik.com. [Little Earthquakes] Reference
You're suggesting that giving up on the myth of meritocracy is different from giving up on a meritocracy. From Wordnik.com. [Special Guest Post: Zetta Elliott on the Myth of Meritocracy] Reference
Back then, many people in solar and other cleantech sectors saw long-term meritocracy in the energy business. From Wordnik.com. [Mike Casey: Fossil Energy Knows It's a Full Contact Game -- Does Cleantech?] Reference
For example, meritocracy is a biased system: advancement is (completely) biased toward individual ability or achievement. From Wordnik.com. [Acceptable Biases, and Unacceptable Ones - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
A meritocracy is the backbone of any successful institution; performance -- both individual and organizational -- is doomed without one. From Wordnik.com. [Wall Street's record-breaking paystubs: Pay for performance? Really?] Reference
The unspoken premises of our meritocracy are these. From Wordnik.com. [The Tests and the Brightest] Reference
"That meritocracy, which is our big plus, brings with it naturally a certain standardisation,". From Wordnik.com. [Channel NewsAsia Front Page News] Reference
A society tied to the notion of meritocracy may therefore have a particular need for minorities. From Wordnik.com. [Republican Writer: Minority Mortgage Meltdown All Dems’ Fault; Stix to Accuracy in Media: Remember Reed!] Reference
The only people here hailing the meritocracy are the ones without a clue about how searches actually operate. From Wordnik.com. [Chronicle.com - Today's News] Reference
A meritocracy is a society structured according to "merit", or in a practical sense, according to tangible ability. From Wordnik.com. [My Online Journal] Reference
This acceptance of meritocracy, which is so assumed and so essential in athletics, doesn't always carry over to the world of work. From Wordnik.com. [Maynard Webb: Meritocracy: World Cup Fever] Reference
One asked about whether the notion of meritocracy is still relevant for Singapore's future, given a renewed emphasis on creativity. From Wordnik.com. [The Online Citizen] Reference
In a tech community that often identifies as a meritocracy, we asked three event organizers why the industry needs female-centric events. From Wordnik.com. [ReadWriteWeb] Reference
Oh, the meritocracy is a myth. From Wordnik.com. [Special Guest Post: Zetta Elliott on the Myth of Meritocracy] Reference
Ah well, "meritocracy" was just too hard to spell anyway. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary Spokesperson: She Won't Say Anything About Her Successor] Reference
In any case, I think that 'meritocracy' is definitely not on the list. From Wordnik.com. [Poll: Majority To Left Of Democrats On Iraq] Reference
Young coined the word "meritocracy" in 1958, in a futuristic story set in 2034. From Wordnik.com. [Rob Fishman: Prize of the Meritocracy] Reference
The reasons begin with the premises of the "meritocracy" whose cause they uphold. From Wordnik.com. [The Tests and the Brightest] Reference
What does the word meritocracy mean?. From Wordnik.com. [Work It Out] Reference
If you believe in meritocracy that's okay. From Wordnik.com. [Technology in the Next Century] Reference
Read this article by the man who coined the term "meritocracy". From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
She is an affirmation of the best kind of meritocracy in America. From Wordnik.com. [ Politics] Reference
You don't hear politicians in Washington talk about "meritocracy" anymore. From Wordnik.com. [SFGate: Top News Stories] Reference
These foreign types also had the temerity to believe in something called 'meritocracy'. From Wordnik.com. [Business News] Reference
"validates the idea of meritocracy," Ochola said, adding that it was "very motivational.". From Wordnik.com. [The Daily Iowan - Online Edition] Reference
I bought into the "meritocracy" myth in academia and got my two masters and Ivy league PhD. From Wordnik.com. [The American Spectator] Reference
'There's a kind of meritocracy out there that if you're right for the part, you're the guy. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
Perhaps, Dr. Hsu's one touches more precisely on bringing back 'meritocracy' into our system. From Wordnik.com. [Dr Hsu ' s Forum] Reference
We've simply abandoned the idea of meritocracy!. From Wordnik.com. [Disaffected youth] Reference
'meritocracy' and decry opponent's attempts to play up 'the politics of envy'. From Wordnik.com. [Singapore Angle] Reference
"meritocracy" that attended the right schools and knows so many of the right people. From Wordnik.com. Reference
"meritocracy" rather than doing its job and providing infrastructure, education, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Countercurrents.org] Reference
As affirmative action betrayed the dream of a meritocracy?. From Wordnik.com. [The Myth Of Meritocracy] Reference
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