Meritophobia is an irrational fear of those with merit, or put another way, it's an irrational fear of the people who are "too close" to perfection. In the case of governments, for example, it means the fear of the "perfect" government. In the case of science, it's the fear of the "perfect" scientist. In the case of a classroom, it's the fear of the "perfect" student. It seems people tend to be meritophobic in the fields they merit least themselves. I call this a latent evilness. By extension, I'm accusing most people of having a "latent evilness."
There are many types of cases where you can see or feel a manifestation of latent evilness. The most obvious is when one person hates another for "being too perfect." You might prefer to call it "jealousy," but jealousy is just an artificial term serving as an umbrella over latent evilness and a few related phenomena. Precision demands using "evil" to describe what can only be defined as pure evil - intentionally being unfair to one of God's creatures (even if only in thought, since at the end of the day, thoughts affect actions).
The only known cure for Meritophobia, and by extension, for latent evilness (and in fact, for all types of evil within yourself) as well, is to eliminate the root cause, which is a misunderstanding of one's place in the world. Each of us is only one piece of the puzzle. What matters isn't each individual piece, but rather the puzzle as a whole. If you put your priorities in the right order, you'll never be evil; if you don't, you're gambling. (As an added bonus, if you spend 120 years on this planet doing the right thing, you won't have any regrets when you're ready to die. Not only that, but if you believe in an afterlife, you don't think it'll be hell to have nothing but evil memories to revisit?) When you understand and appreciate your place in the world, it's only natural to accept that somebody might be better than you at something (perhaps even what you've been devoting your own life to), and to encourage him to "do his thing" for the world, rather than to get all evil on him. "Easier said than done," you say? No, it's easier done than said. It's just a switch - the caring switch - flipping in your brain; that's all there is to it. From there, everything's just mechanics.