How many syllables in meritocracy?

There are 5 syllables in the word meritocracy.

How to pronounce meritocracy:

meritocracy (noun):: the people who are moved into such positions; the belief that rulers should be chosen for their superior abilities and not because of their wealth or birth.; a system, organization, or society in which people are chosen and moved into positions of success, power, and influence on the basis of their demonstrated abilities and merit (see merit entry 1 sense 1b)

political orientation

political theory

bad governance

corrupt government

governance by the unfit

idiocracy

incompetent rule

kakistocracy

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