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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'nepotism' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions nepotism noun  The favoring of relatives or personal friends because of their relationship rather than because of their abilities. 2006 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/e9eef20e-4dc4-11db-8704-0000779e2340,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.html Financial Times Mr Chen - a member of the national politburo as well as the Shanghai boss - is accused of and corruption on a grand scale: protecting political allies, granting preferment to his family and looting Shanghai's pension fund. Translations:  Dutch: nepotisme, vriendjespolitiek French: népotisme German: Nepotismus , Vetternwirtschaft (trans-mid) Italian: nepotismo Etymology: From nipotismo < nepos, nepÅs "nephew", a reference to the practice of popes appointing relatives (most often nephews) as cardinals during the Middle Ages and Renaissance.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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