
Daniel Costa
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Daniel Costa is a writer for Encyclopedia Britannica. He studied applied linguistics, philosophy, and history in the United Kingdom, at the universities of Southampton, London, and Birmingham, respectively. He has worked extensively as a language educator, teaching students from leading business companies worldwide.
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Meritocracy, political, social, or economic system in which individuals are assigned to positions of power, influence, or reward solely on the basis of their abilities and achievements and not on the basis of their social, cultural, or economic background or irrelevant personal characteristics.…
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