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The term meritocracy originated in a dystopian satire.
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The term meritocracy was indeed popularized by Michael Young's 1958 satirical book 'The Rise of the Meritocracy', which depicted a dystopian society.

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Wikipedia: Meritocracy
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Michael O'Mara Books Limited: The little book of big ideas
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Confirms 'The Rise of the Meritocracy' was intended as a satire depicting a dystopian United Kingdom.
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  1. Wikipedia: Meritocracyreferencesupports
  2. Michael O'Mara Books Limited: The little book of big ideasreferencesupports
  3. Palgrave Macmillan: Political theory : an introductionreferencesame source L3no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  4. Palgrave Macmillan: Political theory : an introductionreferencesame source L3no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  5. Cengage Learning: Understanding politics : ideas, institutions, and issuesreferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  6. HarperCollins: The modern mindreferencesame source L5no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  7. Weidenfeld & Nicolson: A terrible beauty : a history of the people and ideas that shaped the modern mindreferencesame source L5no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  8. HarperCollins: The modern mind : an intellectual history of the 20th centuryreferencesame source L5no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  9. HarperCollins: The modern mind : an intellectual history of the 20th centuryreferencesame source L5no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
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