MERIT SYSTEM

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The system of employing and promoting civil servants on the basis of ability

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("merit system" is a kind of...):

system; system of rules (a complex of methods or rules governing behavior)

Antonym:

spoils system (the system of employing and promoting civil servants who are friends and supporters of the group in power)

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