cronyism

English

Etymology

crony +‎ -ism

Noun

cronyism (uncountable)

1. favoritism to friends without regard for their qualifications, especially by appointing them to political positions.

Coordinate terms

• nepotism

Translations

favoritism to friends without regard for their qualifications

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 任人唯亲 (cmn) (rènrénwéiqīn)

• Finnish: ystävien suosiminen (fi), hyvä veli -järjestelmä (fi)
• French: copinage (fr) m
• German: Vetternwirtschaft (de) f
• Italian: nepotismo (it) m

• Khmer: សម្លាញ់និយម (km) (somlanh niyom)
• Norwegian: nepotisme (no) m, kameraderi (no) n
• Polish: kumoterstwo (pl) n
• Russian: блат (ru) (blat) m, кумовство́ (ru) (kumovstvó) n, непоти́зм (ru) (nepotízm) m, кронизм (ru) (kronízm) m
• Spanish: nepotismo (es) m, amiguismo (es) m