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Webster 1913 Edition
Nepotism
Nep′o-tism
(?; 277)
, Noun.
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.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Nepotism
NEPOTISM
,Noun.
1.
Fondness for nephews.2.
Undue attachment to relations; favoritism shown to nephews and other relations.