Usually means: Favoritism shown to relatives, friends.
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  1. nepotistic: Merriam-Webster
  2. nepotistic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. nepotistic: Collins English Dictionary
  4. nepotistic: Wordnik
  5. nepotistic: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. nepotistic: Wiktionary
  7. nepotistic: Dictionary.com
  8. nepotistic: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. nepotistic: Legal dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Of or pertaining to nepotism; favoring relatives because of their relationship rather than their abilities.

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nepotic, nepotal, cronyistic, clientelistic, preferential, nephewly, clientelist, related, neopatrimonial, paternalistic, more...

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nepotic, nepotal, cronyistic, clientelistic, preferential, nephewly, clientelist, related, neopatrimonial, paternalistic, more...



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