as in prejudice
disapproving
the unfair practice by a powerful person of giving jobs and other favors to relatives
Nepotism by the owner has hurt the company because the new executives are not qualified for their jobs.
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Recent Examples of nepotism
Can’t anybody here play this game, the game in question being nepotism?
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Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
Lest you be concerned, there's no unmerited nepotism here.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 16 Sep. 2025
This has provoked inevitable eye-rolling about nepotism, but Mann is a comedic star in her own right.
—Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Political nepotism perpetuates the recycling of the same leaders, leaving young people without representation or a voice in governance.
—Sonal Nain, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for nepotism
Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
Lest you be concerned, there's no unmerited nepotism here.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 16 Sep. 2025
This has provoked inevitable eye-rolling about nepotism, but Mann is a comedic star in her own right.
—Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Political nepotism perpetuates the recycling of the same leaders, leaving young people without representation or a voice in governance.
—Sonal Nain, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for nepotism
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nepotism
Noun
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The amounts of prejudice that are built up in those Kingdom Halls, unbelievable.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
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The case was dismissed with prejudice last week after a settlement was reached, according to court records.—
Nora O'Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The bias cut of the dress gave way to a long, flowing maxiskirt.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
28 Oct. 2025
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Despite what the students view as anti-conservative bias, one predicted a conservative uprising, citing the assassination of Charlie Kirk as fuel for more right-leaning college students to speak out.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Some might say there was a lot of cronyism involved, and there definitely was, but the DJs at WHRB put a lot of work into promoting us on the show Record Hospital.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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Yet as China moves closer to the technological frontier, where success depends on unpredictable breakthrough innovations, top-down monitoring becomes more difficult, and the system grows more vulnerable to cronyism.—
CARL BENEDIKT FREY,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Now, those years of financial favoritism have caught up to her parents.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
26 Oct. 2025
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Stone and Lanthimos have since worked together several times, and their collaboration, a mutual-favoritism society, has been hailed and sometimes reviled for its darkly exuberant sense of risk.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
24 Oct. 2025
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