Usually means: Favors relatives for jobs, unfairly.
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  1. nepotist: Merriam-Webster
  2. nepotist: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. nepotist: Collins English Dictionary
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  7. Nepotist, nepotist: Dictionary.com
  8. Nepotist: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Nepotist: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. nepotist: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Nepotist: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. nepotist: FreeDictionary.org
  13. nepotist: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. Nepotist: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (nepotist)

▸ noun:  One who engages in nepotism.

Similar:
opportunist, exploitee, kidnappee, panderer, opportunivore, profitmonger, caremonger, careerist, patronizer, ingratiator, more...

Opposite:
meritocrat, egalitarian, impartial

Adjectives:
notorious, great, methodical, inveterate, famous

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Similar:
opportunist, exploitee, kidnappee, panderer, opportunivore, profitmonger, caremonger, careerist, patronizer, ingratiator, more...

Opposite:
meritocrat, egalitarian, impartial

Adjectives:
notorious, great, methodical, inveterate, famous



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