| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| nepotism |
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| SYLLABICATION: | nep·o·tism |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  n p  -t z m |
| NOUN: | Favoritism shown or patronage granted to relatives, as in business. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French népotisme, from Italian nepotismo, from nepote, nephew, from Latin nep s, nept-. See nept- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | nepo·tist —NOUN
nepo·tistic, nepo·tisti·cal —ADJECTIVE
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