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nepotism


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nepotism  \Nep"o*tism\  (?;  277),  n.  [L.  nepus,  nepotus  nephew: 
  cf  F.  n['e]potisme.  See  {Nephew}.] 
  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. 
 
  From  nepotism  Alexander  V.  was  safe;  for  he  was  without 
  kindred  or  relatives.  But  there  was  another  perhaps 
  more  fatal  nepotism,  which  turned  the  tide  of 
  popularity  against  him  --  the  nepotism  of  his  order 
  --Milman. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  nepotism 
  n  :  favoritism  shown  to  relatives  or  close  friends  by  those  in 
  power  (as  by  giving  them  jobs) 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  NEPOTISM,  n.  Appointing  your  grandmother  to  office  for  the  good  of 
  the  party. 
 
 




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