Nepotism

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Favoritism shown or patronage granted to relatives, as in business.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The favoring of relatives or personal friends because of their relationship rather than because of their abilities.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Undue attachment to relations; favoritism shown to members of one's family; bestowal of patronage in consideration of relationship, rather than of merit or of legal claim.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Favoritism shown to nephews and other relatives; patronage bestowed in consideration of family relationship and not of merit.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power (as by giving them jobs)
    • Antonym
    merit system    meritocracy   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    favoritism    discrimination    favouritism   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    favoritis   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    favoritism    peculation    cronyism    jobbery    gerrymandering   
     
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