nepotism
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French népotisme, 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.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /ˈnɛp.ə.tɪ.zəm/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
[edit]nepotism (countable and uncountable, plural nepotisms)
- The favoring of relatives (most strictly) or also personal friends (more broadly) 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.
- 1989, Report on Business Magazine, volume 6, numbers 1-6, page 100:
- Now retailers even demand deslotting or failure fees, a penalty for trial products that fail to meet their sales objectives. The struggle over display space heavily favors the incumbents and encourages what might be called brand nepotism.
- 2006 September 27, “China airbrushes Chen”, in Financial Times[1]:
- Mr Chen - a member of the national politburo as well as the Shanghai boss - is accused of nepotism and corruption on a grand scale: protecting political allies, granting preferment to his family and looting Shanghai's pension fund.
Antonyms
[edit]Coordinate terms
[edit]- cronyism (broadly synonymous)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]favoring of relatives or personal friends
|
Further reading
[edit]
Anagrams
[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French népotisme. By surface analysis, nepot + -ism.
Noun
[edit]nepotism n (uncountable)
Related terms
[edit]Swedish
[edit]
Noun
[edit]nepotism c
- nepotism
- Synonyms: svågerpolitik, vänskapskorruption
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | nepotism | nepotisms |
| definite | nepotismen | nepotismens | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |
References
[edit]Categories:
- English terms borrowed from French
- English terms derived from French
- English terms derived from Italian
- English terms derived from Latin
- English 4-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with usage examples
- English terms with quotations
- English terms suffixed with -ism
- en:Corruption
- Romanian terms borrowed from French
- Romanian terms derived from French
- Romanian terms suffixed with -ism
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian uncountable nouns
- Romanian neuter nouns
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns