Nepotism

Noun

 * 1) The favoring of relatives or personal friends because of their relationship rather than because of their abilities.

Antonyms

 * meritocracy
 * merit system

Coordinate terms

 * cronyism

Related terms

 * nepotistic, nepotistical

Thesaurus
bias, boodle, campaign contribution, campaign fund, discrimination, favoritism, graft, inclination, inequality, interest, involvement, leaning, one-sidedness, parti pris, partiality, partisanism, partisanship, preference, preferential treatment, public tit, public trough, slush fund, spoils of office, spoils system, undetachment, undispassionateness, unneutrality

Etymology
From nepotismo: <  nepos:, a reference to the practice of popes appointing relatives (most often nephews) as cardinals during the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: nepotisme
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch: nepotisme, vriendjespolitiek
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew: נפוטיזם (nepotizm)
 * Icelandic:


 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Mandinka: baadinfaasaa
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: nepotism
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, svågerpolitik

Anagrams

 * pimentos

Noun

 * 1) nepotism

Etymology
nepos:

Related terms

 * nepot
 * nepoată
 * nepoțel
 * nepoțică
 * nepoție