meritocracy
(noun) the belief that rulers should be chosen for their superior abilities and not because of their wealth or birth
meritocracy
(noun) a form of social system in which power goes to those with superior intellects
Source: WordNet® 3.1
meritocracy (countable and uncountable, plural meritocracies)
Rule by merit, and talent.
A type of society where wealth, income, and social status are assigned through competition.
Though widely used as a term of praise, the term was originally coined as a satire, and a critique of awarding educational achievement.
Source: Wiktionary
12 January 2025
(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
