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
- 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.
By Oddity Software
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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
