Sentence examples for meritocracy since from inspiring English sources
Writers like Zhang Weiwei may disagree with that understanding of meritocracy, since in Chinese they use the classical phrase xuanxian renneng, "selecting the wise and employing the capable" — hardly the same thing, I would suggest, since it says nothing about how selection happens.
You might think binding children's wealth to their parents' success violates the spirit of meritocracy, since it limits people's ability to make their own destiny.
I've since discovered that the meritocracy doesn't really exist.
Expressing commitment to meritocracy has been a characteristic of all political leaders since 1979.
Since becoming an independent state in 1965, meritocracy has been a core principle governing Singapore which allows Singaporeans, regardless of who they are, to be recognized and rewarded according to their ability and achievement.
The initiative has been hailed as a blow for meritocracy against inherited privilege, and also as a blow against racism, since most beneficiaries of legacy admissions are white.
Brewers' droop A legal bombshell Natural selection Keep calm and carry on The Midlandstand The death of meritocracy ReprintsIt is smart to get drinkers used to weak tipples, since the government seems determined to raise the cost of getting drunk.
"Joe College," Perrotta's fourth book of fiction and his first since "Election," also takes on the social shuffling of the meritocracy and its effect on individual lives.
As the Oxford English Dictionary confirms, "meritocracy" is the only concept by a British sociologist to enter the English language since Darwin's camp-follower, Herbert Spencer, back in the 19th century, thought of the phrase "survival of the fittest".
"Since the Revolution, France has had this mythology that it is a meritocracy, that anyone can rise to the highest positions in society by virtue of their intellectual brilliance," Gumbel told the Guardian.
