meritocracia

Portuguese

Etymology

From mérito + -cracia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.ɾi.to.kɾaˈsi.ɐ/, /mɛ.ɾi.to.kɾaˈsi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.ɾi.to.kɾaˈsi.ɐ/, /mɛ.ɾi.to.kɾaˈsi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.ɾi.to.kɾaˈsi.a/, /mɛ.ɾi.to.kɾaˈsi.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.ɾi.tɔ.kɾɐˈsi.ɐ/

Noun

meritocracia f (plural meritocracias)

1. meritocracy (government by those with merit)

Further reading

• “meritocracia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “meritocracia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meɾitoˈkɾaθja/ [me.ɾi.t̪oˈkɾa.θja] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /meɾitoˈkɾasja/ [me.ɾi.t̪oˈkɾa.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aθja (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -asja (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: me‧ri‧to‧cra‧cia

Noun

meritocracia f (plural meritocracias)

1. meritocracy (government by those with merit)

Further reading

• “meritocracia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025