nepotism
noun
patronage bestowed or favoritism shown on the basis of family relationship, as in business and politics.
nepotic
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a word derived from
nepotism.
Example Sentences
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Ijaz Butt is a peripheral figure in Pakistan cricket, his position a grace-and-favour nepotic appointment.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 20, 2010
Vermont's William H. Meyer, reported paying a nepotic pittance of a salary: his wife, Bertha, gets only $4,047.37 a year.
From Time Magazine Archive
They are avowedly individualistic, nepotic conservationists and only in effect national.
From The French in the Heart of America by John Finley
His thought of the future is not nepotic or thrifty; it is likely to be altruistic, publicistic.
From The French in the Heart of America by John Finley
The nepotic conservationist of the St. Lawrence, fixed in his place, saves because if he leaves but an exhausted field behind him he is robbing his children and grandchildren of their rightful, personal heritage.
From The French in the Heart of America by John Finley
