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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Nepotism (0.00865 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Nepotism.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: nepotism
nepotism
n : favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in
power (as by giving them jobs)
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Nepotism
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]
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