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nepotism

Nepotism is giving relatives special treatment, especially in the workplace. (noun)

An example of nepotism is the CEO of a company giving his underqualified niece a high paying job.

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See nepotism in Webster's New World College Dictionary

See nepotism in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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