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meritocracy

political system in which capital is assigned on the basis of competence
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Summary

meritocracy is a form of government[1]. meritocracy draws 9,194 Wikipedia views per month (form of government category, ranking #19 of 143).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: form of state[3], social system[4], political theory[5]
  • Named after: merit[6]
  • Commons category: Meritocracy[7]
  • Opposite of: cronyism[8]
  • Described by source: Siyasî Düşünce Sözlüğü[9]
  • Different from: achieving society[10]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[11]

Why It Matters

meritocracy has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] meritocracy is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main subject → Q1347367
    Named by → Q2636685
    Described by source → Siyasî Düşünce Sözlüğü
    P14541 → c7x0p
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  2. 15w ago · Ottawajin · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of → Q7163
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Facet of: politics, import w/ [[Wikidata:Wwwyzzerdd|🧙 Wwwyzzerdd for Wikidata]]"
  3. 16w ago · Tholzheim · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Factgrid item id → Q1786911
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  4. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0425577-meritokracie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0425577-meritokracie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  5. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Different from → achieving society
    Named after → —
    Aliases → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 3216, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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