credentialismn.
/krᵻˈdɛnʃl̩ɪz(ə)m/, /krᵻˈdɛnʃəlɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /krəˈdɛn(t)ʃəˌlɪzəm/ Belief in or reliance on formal qualifications (esp. academic degrees) as the best measure of a person's ability, intelligence, status, etc.
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1964 S. M. Miller in A. B. Shostak & W. Gomberg Blue-collar World 124 Those from low-income backgrounds with limited educational advantages are particularly badly hit by credentialism.
1973 Change 5 51/1 We don't believe in all this labeling, credentialism and degrees.
1987 Times 14 Oct. 16/5 Such is the obsession in much of south-east Asia with ‘credentialism’ and prestige..that any British institution that takes the trouble to promote itself is almost guaranteed as many applicants as it can handle.
2004 Wall St. Jrnl. 7 June (Central ed.) a20/4 He did not think that people with great degrees or great success were necessarily smart, for instance. He had no interest in credentialism.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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