Nepotism Definition

nĕpə-tĭzəm
noun
Favoritism shown to relatives, esp. in appointment to desirable positions.
Webster's New World

The favoring of relatives or personal friends because of their relationship rather than because of their abilities.

Nepotism can get you very far in the world if you've got the right connections.
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Other Word Forms of Nepotism

Noun

Singular:
nepotism
Plural:
nepotisms

Origin of Nepotism

  • From Italian nepotismo, from Latin nepōs (“nephew"), a reference to the practice of popes appointing relatives (most often nephews) as cardinals during the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

    From Wiktionary

  • French népotisme from Italian nepotismo from nepote nephew from Latin nepōs nepōt- nepōt- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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