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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nepotism \Nep"o*tism\ (?; 277), n. [L. nepus, nepotus, nephew:
     cf. F. n['e]potisme. 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.
     [1913 Webster]


  
           From nepotism Alexander V. was safe; for he was without
           kindred or relatives. But there was another perhaps
           more fatal nepotism, which turned the tide of
           popularity against him -- the nepotism of his order.
                                                    --Milman.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nepotism
       n : favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in
           power (as by giving them jobs)

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "nepotism":
     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
  
  

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  NEPOTISM, n.  Appointing your grandmother to office for the good of
  the party.
  
  

















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