NEPOTISM
\nˈɛpətˌɪzəm], \nˈɛpətˌɪzəm], \n_ˈɛ_p_ə_t_ˌɪ_z_ə_m]\
Definitions of NEPOTISM
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
By Daniel Lyons
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Favoritism to one's relations.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Favoritism toward nephews or other relatives.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Undue preference or favouritism shown to relatives.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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