Working translation. This page is an English translation of the French page at meriquite.com/meriquitaire/. It has not been adopted in English. In the event of any divergence of meaning, the French text prevails. The only English text adopted by the Conférence Nationale d'Expression Citoyenne is the founding doctrinal text, at Debt and Merit.
Mériquitaire
The word that designates those who recognise themselves in Mériquité (the doctrine of debt and merit). Adopted by presidential decision of 25 August 2026: official definition, agreement, spelling and forms to be avoided.
mériquitaire — epicene adjective and common noun
Noun: a person who subscribes to the principles of Mériquité and identifies with this political school.
Adjective: relating to Mériquité; in normative use, conforming to its doctrinal core and to its principles of compatibility.
Pronunciation: [me.ʁi.ki.tɛʁ], in four syllables — mé-ri-qui-taire.
The decision
The word was settled by decision of the President of Générations et Peuples Solidaires on 25 August 2026. That decision completes the official lexicon; it does not rename the school and alters no doctrinal principle.
“Our political school is Mériquité. A person who subscribes to its principles is un or une mériquitaire. We are mériquitaires.”
Explanatory Note, 25 August 2026, § 5
How the word is formed
On the stem mériquit-, drawn from Mériquité, with the ending -aire, commonly used in French to form relational adjectives and nouns denoting persons.
The form adopted fills exactly the three uses to which the Charter had subjected the designation: “our school is Mériquité”, “we are mériquitaires”, “a policy conforming to this theory is mériquitaire”.
Agreement and spelling
In French, the word is epicene: the same form serves for masculine and feminine, so it is invariable in gender. It does, however, vary in number and takes an s in the plural.
- un mériquitaire, une mériquitaire, des mériquitaires
- un principe mériquitaire, une politique mériquitaire, des institutions mériquitaires
- Lower case for the common noun and the adjective; only Mériquité takes a capital
- Accents retained on capitals: MÉRIQUITÉ, MÉRIQUITAIRE
- Neither hyphen nor space
- The adverb mériquitairement is possible but not canonical: prefer “conformément à la Mériquité”
Forms to be avoided
- Nous sommes mériquitaire → Nous sommes mériquitaires
- une mériquitairienne, une mériquitairesse → une mériquitaire
- les Mériquitaires in ordinary prose → les mériquitaires
- le Mériquité, le mériquitarisme → la Mériquité
- mériquitariser, mériquitarisation → mettre en conformité avec la Mériquité
- très mériquitaire, plus mériquitaire → pleinement conforme à la Mériquité
What the word does not say
The word is neither a label nor a proof of conformity. A proposal is not mériquitaire because it comes from the Movement, from its President or from a member.
It is so only if it contradicts neither the core of the theory nor its principles of compatibility: the debt, merit, the unconditional foundation of solidarity, improved transmission and tranquillity.
The quality of being mériquitaire is doctrinal; the quality of being a member is statutory. A person outside the Movement may recognise themselves as mériquitaire without thereby acquiring the quality of member or any statutory right.