meritocracia

Portuguese

Etymology

mérito +‎ -cracia

Pronunciation

(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)

meritocracy (government by those with merit)

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

meritocracia f (plural meritocracias)

meritocracy (government by those with merit)

Further reading

“meritocracia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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