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Definition: Nepotism |
NepotismNoun1. Favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power (as by giving them jobs). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "nepotism" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1842. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Satire | NEPOTISM, n. Appointing your grandmother to office for the good of the party. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Literature | Nepotism An unjust elevation of our own kinsmen to places of wealth and trust at our disposal. (Latin, nepos, a nephew or kinsman.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The word nepotism comes from the Latin word for nephew.
Some biologists have suggested that a tendency towards nepotism is instinctual, a form of kin selection.
Nepotism is a common accusation in politics when the relative of a powerful figure ascends to similar power seemingly without appropriate qualifications. Politically powerful families such as the Kennedy family and Bush family in American politics are sometimes accused of nepotism by critics.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Nepotism."
Synonym: NepotismSynonym: Employment of relatives. (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Consanguinity | Noun: consanguinity, relationship, kindred, blood; parentage; (paternity); filiation, affiliation; lineage, agnation, connection, alliance; family connection, family tie; ties of blood; nepotism. |
Improbity | Perfidy; perfidiousness; Adjective: treachery, double dealing; unfairness; Adjective: knavery, roguery, rascality, foul play; jobbing, jobbery; graft, bribery; venality, nepotism; corruption, job, shuffle, fishy transaction; barratry, sharp practice, heads I win tails you lose; mouth honor; (flattery). |
Selfishness | Noun: selfishness; Adjective: self-love, self-indulgence, self-worship, self-interest; egotism, egoism; amour propre; (vanity); nepotism. |
Wrong | Partiality, leaning, bias; favor, favoritism; nepotism, party spirit, partisanship; bigotry. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Nepotism |
| English words defined with "nepotism": Alfonso Borgia ♦ Borgia ♦ Calixtus III ♦ imputation ♦ Nepotist. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "nepotism": Nepotic. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Nepotism" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Romanian (nepotism), Swedish (nepotism). |
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Civil Liberties | Ukraine | Nepotism and bribery reportedly are common during entrance exams and also influence the granting of degrees. (references) |
Morocco | On March 5, Jamai himself announced that he intended to file a similar suit for defamation against Ahmed Midaoui, then-Minister of the Interior, who declared during a television broadcast that Jamai was not "100 percent Moroccan," as his newspaper supported the "Polisario and Morocco's enemies." The following month, another publication, Demain, ran, without incident, an article highly critical of alleged nepotism and abuse in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. (references) | |
Economic History | Indonesia | The Government of Indonesia has made efforts to root out corruption, collusion and nepotism (KKN, in Indonesian initials) in the government procurement process. (references) |
Human Rights | Guinea | Because of corruption and nepotism in the judiciary, relatives of influential members of the Government often are, in effect, above the law. (references) |
Guatemala | Also in November, the Commission for the Defense of Human Rights in Central America criticized Arango for nepotism and for not actively promoting judicial action in cases of human rights abuses. (references) | |
China | In March 2000, the top prosecutor, Procurator General Han Zhubin, admitted that abuses such as using torture to extort confessions, extorting favors from suspects, and nepotism remained serious problems. (references) | |
Political Economy | Syria | There are 14 governorates in Syria, and their governors enjoy considerable latitude and decision-making authority in local affairs, although governors are not appointed to districts from which they originally hail to help curb nepotism. (references) |
Yemen | Because practices like officials' requiring payment of commissions for performing their jobs, nepotism, and collecting salaries from multiple government jobs are considered natural, administrative reform may be a long and difficult process. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Guinea | Union officials are selected on the basis of nepotism and patronage, rather than through a hierarchy of competence; these individuals are not sensitized to the rights of workers, and often view unions as an enemy of the Government. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Nepotism" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Nepotism" is used about 63 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 63 | 42,364 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
nepotism | 123 |
nepotism policy | 7 |
law nepotism | 6 |
definition nepotism | 4 |
define nepotism | 3 |
nepotism works.com | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "nepotism"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | nepotizëm, tarafllëk, favorizim i të afërmve, familjaritet (intimacy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | محاباة الأقارب. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | семейственост, непотизъм. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 裙带关系. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | népotisme. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | vetternwirtschaft (favoritism, favouritism, partisanship), nepotismus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | νεποτισμόσ, φιλοσυγγενεία, οικογενειοκρατία. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | פרוטקצי" (favouritism, protection pill, pull, vitamin p). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | nepotizmus, atyafiságpártolás. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | nepotismo (partisanship). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 身"" (favoritism), ネオン管 (bottleneck, drip-dry, import restriction list, Is it so?, nack chain, Nebraska, neck, neckerchief, necking, necklace, neckline, necktie, necktie pin, necrophilia, necrophobia, nector, negative, negative color, neglect, negligee, negotiation, Nelson, neon tube, nepenta, nephron, nephrosis, Neptune, neptunium, Nescafe, -ness, nest, nest table, nesting, Nestle, net, net ball, Net citizen, net in, net play, net price, net score, netball falling in, netizen, net-mask, nettopology, network, network administration, networker, networking, Nevada, Never give up!, Never happen, Never mind, next, no carbon, no-iron, permanent snowpatch, Really?, several tables inside each other, tie, wash and wear). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ネポチズ , みびいき (favoritism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 친척 편중. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | drogh-vooinjerys. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | epotismnay doença renal. (various references) nepotism. (various references) семейственность (domesticity), кумовство. (various references) nepotizam. (various references) nepotismo. (various references) nepotism. (various references) การเล่นพรรคเล่นพวก. (various references) akrabaya ayrıcalık yapma, akrabasını tutma (partisanship). (various references) сімейність (domesticity), кумівство, непотизм, протекція рідні. (various references) thói kéo người nh v o l m, gia đình trị. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "nepotism": nepotisms. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "nepotism": antinepotism. (additional references) | |
Words containing "nepotism": antinepotisms. (additional references) | |
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"Nepotism" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: depotism, epotism, neapolis, negotium, neopotism, nepatism, nepetas, nepetism, nepftism, nephtism, nepitism, nepoism, neponism, nepotic, nepotis, nepotisn, neptism. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "nepotism" (pronounced ne"puti'zum) |
| 7 | -p u t i' z u m | despotism. |
| 6 | -u t i' z u m | astigmatism, conservatism, corporatism, diamagnetism, dogmatism, egotism, electromagnetism, ergotism, favoritism, ferromagnetism, helotism, hypnotism, magnetism, patriotism, pragmatism, rheumatism, separatism. |
| 5 | -t i' z u m | absolutism, autism, baptism, defeatism, elitism, Irredentism, leftism, pietism, statism, vigilantism. |
| 4 | -i' z u m | abolitionism, absenteeism, activism, adventurism, agrarianism, alcoholism, altruism, amateurism, anachronism, aneurism, animism, antagonism, aphorism, atavism, atheism, authoritarianism, barbarism, bilingualism, bolshevism, boosterism, botulism, cannibalism, capitalism, catechism, centralism, chauvinism, classicism, collectivism, colonialism, commercialism, communism, consumerism, counterterrorism, creationism, criticism, cronyism, cubism, cynicism, dandyism, deism, determinism, diastrophism, dimorphism, Druidism, dualism, dwarfism, dynamism, egalitarianism, egoism, embolism, emotionalism, empiricism, entrepreneurialism, environmentalism, eroticism, escapism, ethnocentrism, euphemism, evangelism, expansionism, expressionism, extremism, factionalism, fanaticism, fascism, fatalism, federalism, feminism, fetishism, feudalism, formalism, fundamentalism, futurism, geotropism, gnosticism, gradualism, hedonism, heroism, hooliganism, humanism, idealism, illusionism, imperialism, impressionism, incrementalism, individualism, intellectualism, internationalism, interventionism, isolationism, isomorphism, jingoism, journalism, legalism, lesbianism, liberalism, lyricism, mannerism, masochism, materialism, mechanism, mercantilism, mesmerism, metabolism, methodism, microorganism, militarism, minimalism, modernism, monasticism, monetarism, monism, monotheism, moralism, multiculturalism, multilateralism, mutualism, mysticism, narcissism, nationalism, nativism, naturalism, negativism, neutralism, nihilism, obstructionism, opportunism, optimism, organism, ostracism, overoptimism, pacifism, paganism, parallelism, parkinsonism, parochialism, pastoralism, paternalism, perfectionism, pessimism, pharisaism, plagiarism, pluralism, polymorphism, polytheism, populism, positivism, professionalism, protectionism, provincialism, puritanism, racialism, racism, radicalism, realism, recidivism, relativism, republicanism, revisionism, romanticism, sadism, satanism, sectarianism, secularism, sensationalism, sexism, skepticism, socialism, stoicism, supernaturalism, surrealism, symbolism, synergism, territorialism, terrorism, theism, tokenism, totalitarianism, tourism, truism, unionism, vandalism, vegetarianism, voluntarism, volunteerism, voyeurism. |
| 3 | -z u m | bosom, careerism, chasm, cytoplasm, enthusiasm, iconoclasm, ism, microcosm, neoplasm, orgasm, phantasm, prism, sarcasm, schism, spasm. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: pimentos. | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-m-n-o-p-s-t" | |
-1 letter: emptins, impones, mestino, moisten, mopiest, optimes, peonism, pimento, pintoes, pointes, postmen, sentimo. | |
-2 letters: eonism, impone, impose, impost, inmost, instep, mispen, monies, monist, montes, netops, opines, optime, pinots, pintos, piston, pitmen, pitons, pointe, points, ponies, pontes, postin, potmen, potsie, somite, sopite, spinet, spinto, tempos. | |
-3 letters: emits, eosin, estop, inept, inset, items, meson, metis, miens, mines, mints, mites, moist, monie, monte, mopes, moste, motes, neist, netop, nites, noise, nomes, notes, omens, omits, onset, opens, opine, opsin, peins, penis, peons, pesto, pines, pinot, pinto, pints, pions, piste, piton, poems, poets, point, poise, pomes, pones, posit, senti, seton, smite, smote, snipe, spent, spine, spite, stein, steno, stime, stipe, stomp, stone, stope, tempi, tempo, temps, times, tines, tomes, tones, topes, topis. | |
-4 letters: emit, eons, epos, imps, into, ions, item, meno, mien, mine, mint, mise, miso, mist, mite, mons, mope, mops, most, mote, mots, nest, nets, nims, nips, nite, nits, noes, nome, noms, nope, nose, note, omen, omit, ones, open, opes, opts, pein, pens, pent, peon, peso, pest, pets, pies, pine, pins, pint, pion, piso, pits, poem, poet, pois, pome, poms, pone, pons, pose, post, pots, semi, sent, sept, simp, sine, sipe, site, smit, snip, snit, snot, some, sone, spin, spit, spot, stem, step, stop, temp, tens, ties, time, tine, tins, tips, toes, tome, toms, tone, tons, tope, topi, tops. | |
-5 letters: ems, ens, eon, imp, ins, ion, ism, its, men, met, mis, mon, mop, mos, mot, net, nim, nip, nit, nom, nos, not, oes, oms, one, ons, ope, ops, opt, ose, pen, pes, pet, pie, pin, pis, pit, poi, pom, pot, psi, sei, sen, set, sim, sin, sip, sit, som, son, sop, sot, ten, tie, tin, tip, tis, toe, tom, ton, top. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-m-n-o-p-s-t" | |
+1 letter: impotents, nepotisms, orpiments, piedmonts, pimientos, ptomaines, simpleton. | |
+2 letters: exemptions, importunes, impotences, mentorship, mispointed, pantomimes, premoisten, protamines, resumption, simpletons, toponymies. | |
+3 letters: completions, compliments, consumptive, despoilment, disportment, embonpoints, epitomising, idempotents, impersonate, importances, importuners, impotencies, mentorships, misanthrope, omnipotents, omnipresent, patrimonies, peritoneums, permeations, phonemicist, pneumonitis, preemptions, premoistens, presumption, redemptions, resumptions, taphonomies, temporising, temptations, trampolines. | |
+4 letters: aminopterins, amylopectins, antinepotism, appointments, compensating, compensation, compensative, competencies, competitions, computerniks, consumptives, despoilments, disportments, emancipators, empoisonment, hemoproteins, impersonated, impersonates, impersonator, impetiginous, impetrations, implementors, impoliteness, importancies, impoundments, imprecations, impregnators, imprisonment, improvements, incompetents, kleptomanias, mifepristone, misanthropes, miscaptioned, misreporting, mucoproteins, omnipotences, operationism, permutations, phonemicists, polycentrism, postfeminist, predominates, premoistened, premonitions, premunitions, prenominates, presumptions, promontories, pseudonymity, reassumption, reimposition, streptomycin, trampoliners. | |
+5 letters: amphictyonies, anisometropia, anisometropic, antinepotisms, bumptiousness, chemisorption, compassionate, compellations, compensations, complexations, computerising, conceptualism, consumptively, contemporizes, decomposition, emancipations, empoisonments, enantiomorphs, entomophilies, entomophilous, extemporising, impecuniosity, imperfections, impersonality, impersonating, impersonation, impersonators, impetuousness, importunities, impregnations, impressionist, imprisonments, incompatibles, incompetences, intercompares, kleptomaniacs, metropolitans, mifepristones, minicomputers, misanthropies, misconception, misemployment, misperception, mispositioned, mousetrapping, neoplasticism, nephrectomies, onomatopoeias, operationisms, paramountcies, perfectionism, phenomenalist, phentolamines, photoemission, physostigmine, pigmentations, pneumonitides, polycentrisms, postembryonic, postmodernism, postmodernist, precombustion, preformations, premoistening, pretermission, primogenitors, promotiveness, protectionism, proximateness, reassumptions, recomposition, redemptioners, reimpositions, spectinomycin, spermatogenic, spermatogonia, splenectomies, splenectomize, sportsmanlike, streptomycins, superromantic, temporariness, unimportances. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 65 70 6F 74 69 73 6D |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. . .--. --- - .. ... -- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01100101 01110000 01101111 01110100 01101001 01110011 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N e p o t i s m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0065 0070 006F 0074 0069 0073 006D |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4871828186758579 |
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