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Well yes, exactly. That's the original use of the word, 'meritocracy' being portmanteau of 'aristocracy'. It was originally used pejoratively (https://en.wikipe
by yvdriess 7y ago
Well yes, exactly. That's the original use of the word, 'meritocracy' being portmanteau of 'aristocracy'. It was originally used pejoratively (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meritocracy#Etymology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meritocracy#Etymology)
- losvedir 7y agoYour link doesn't support that it's a portmanteau of merit and aristocracy. Just that the suffix -cracy ("power", like in demo-cracy) was applied to "merit". It does say it was coined pejoratively, though. That's interesting, I didn't know that.