meritocracy
Definitions
Noun
- A form of social system in which power goes to those with superior intellects
- The belief that rulers should be chosen for their superior abilities and not because of their wealth or birth
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| 1 | america | 4 | 194 |
| 2 | territory | 4 | 31 |
| 3 | democracy | 4 | 24 |
| 4 | territorial | 5 | 14 |
| 5 | mercury | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | aristocracy | 5 | 4 |
| 7 | aristocratic | 5 | 4 |
| 8 | numerically | 4 | 2 |
| 9 | meritorious | 5 | 2 |
| 10 | theocracy | 4 | 1 |
| 11 | metrically | 4 | 1 |
| 12 | mediocrity | 5 | 1 |
| 13 | meritor | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | merica | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | autocracy | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | territorially | 6 | 0 |
| 17 | meridor | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | eritrea | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | aristocrat | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | territory's | 4 | 0 |
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Term
Definitions: 2
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 0
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
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