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UK
/nˈɛpətˌɪzəm/
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[ US /ˈnɛpəˌtɪzəm/ ]
[ US /ˈnɛpəˌtɪzəm/ ]
NOUN
- favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power (as by giving them jobs)
How To Use nepotism In A Sentence
- There is no room for nepotism or favouritism. Times, Sunday Times
- Meanwhile, we've now got 160 examples of political nepotism in Australia which you can read in full here.
- Publication of WikiLeaks sourced private US comments on the corruption and nepotism of a hated "sclerotic" regime is said to have helped create Tunisia's protest, and generated talk by US commentators of a "Wikileaks revolution". Tunisia: The WikiLeaks connection
- The mayor leaned over backward to avoid the appearance of nepotism.
- Numerous voters yesterday cited corruption, nepotism and growing lawlessness as factors influencing them to switch sides. Times, Sunday Times
- Two generations after antinepotism laws began to open up civil service positions to excluded groups like Jews and blacks, "the pendulum seems to be swinging the other way," says Adam Bellow, author of a book called "In Praise of Nepotism. Kennepotism
- The mayor leaned over backward to avoid the appearance of nepotism.
- Knowledge, rather than wealth or nepotism, needs to become the basis on which to build prestige. A Rock and a Hard Place
- Unlike Mujib-ur Rahman who was dogged by allegations of nepotism and corruption, Zia-ur Rahman was known as Mr. Clean, even among his enemies. Desicritics
- Chief Justice for Administration and Management Robert A. Mulligan over whether it violated the court's antinepotism rule. Boston.com Top Stories