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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
bias, boodle, campaign contribution, campaign fund, discrimination, favoritism, graft, inclination, inequality, interest, involvement, leaning, one-sidedness, parti pris, partiality, partisanism, partisanship, preference, preferential treatment, public tit, public trough, slush fund, spoils of office, spoils system, undetachment, undispassionateness, unneutrality
Dictionary Results for nepotism:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
nepotism
    n 1: favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in
         power (as by giving them jobs)

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]

3. The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)
NEPOTISM, n.  Appointing your grandmother to office for the good of
the party.


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