nepotism

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   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.

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.

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