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<input class="au" title="Listen to the pronunciation of nepotism" type="button" /> noun \?ne-p?-?ti-z?m\
: the unfair practice by a powerful person of giving jobs and other favors to relatives
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Full Definition of NEPOTISM
: favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship
— nep·o·tis·tic <input class="au" title="Listen to the pronunciation of nepotistic" type="button" /> adjective
See Examples of NEPOTISM
- Nepotism has hurt the company.
Origin of NEPOTISM
French népotisme, from Italian nepotismo, from nepotenephew, from Latin nepot-, nepos grandson, nephew — more at nephew
First Known Use: 1670
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