[kri-den-shuh-liz-uh
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| excessive reliance on credentials, esp. academic degrees, in determining hiring or promotion policies. |
| cre·den·tial·ism (krĭ-děn'shə-lĭz'əm) n. Overemphasis on diplomas or degrees in giving jobs or conferring social status: "Neo-liberalism made useful points in its critique of vested interests, of bureaucratic follies [and] of credentialism" (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.) |