1) Bias 2) Consanguinity 3) Favouritism 4) Selfishness
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1) Discrimination 2) Easy way to get ahead 3) Family affair 4) Family business practice 5) Family favors 6) Favoring relatives in hiring 7) Favoritism 8) Favouritism 9) Favouritism to relatives 10) Favouritism towards relatives 11) French word used in English 12) Policy of promoting junior 13) Putting on heirs
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Nepotism is favoritism granted in politics or business to relatives. The term originated with the assignment of nephews to cardinal positions by Catholic popes and bishops. Nepotism is found in the fields of politics, entertainment, business and religion. ==Origins== The term comes from Italian word nepotismo, which is based on Latin root nepos me...
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• (n.) 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. • (n.) Undue attachment to relations; favoritism shown to members of one`s family; bestowal of patronage in consideration of relationship, rather than of merit o...
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(from the article `apprenticeship`) ...could monopolize their trades in each town. Powerful guilds, for example, could levy high fees against outsiders to prevent them from entering a ...
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Favoritism shown to relatives by individuals in a position of authority, such as managers or supervi
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In business and organizations, nepotism refers to those in power showing favouritism towards friends and family, for example by giving them jobs because of their relationship rather than their abilities. The word came into English from French in the mid-1600s and originally derives from the Italian nipote, nephew, and the tradition of giving privil...
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Nep'o·tism noun [ Latin
nepus ,
nepotus , nephew: confer French
népotisme . See
Nephew .] 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. « Fro...
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Nepotism is a term for favouritism shown to relatives or close friends by those with power or influence, for example a director of a company only employing friends and relatives, even though better suited candidates are available.
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n] - favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power (as by giving them jobs)
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nepotism 1. Favoritism shown to relatives, especially in appointments to desirable [good-paying] positions. 2. The practice, on the part of the Popes or other ecclesiastics (and hence of other persons), of showing special favor to nephews or other relatives in conferring offices; unfair preference for nephews or relatives instead of others who are ...
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noun favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power (as by giving them jobs)
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patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics: She was accused of nepotism when she made her nephew an officer of the firm.
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[SAT terms] favoritism shown to relatives or friends by those in power
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