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nepotist|ˈnɛpətɪst|
[Cf. prec. and -ist.]
One given to nepotism.
1837Syd. Smith Wks. (1850) 608 To be accused of Nepotism by Nepotists, who were praising themselves indirectly by the accusation. 1898G. Smith Twelve Ind. Statesmen x. 276 The Marquess of Dalhousie was no nepotist.
Hence nepoˈtistical, nepoˈtistic adjs.
1886Symonds Renaiss. It., Cath. React. (1898) I. ii. 68 It was the last..and the most brilliant display of nepotistical ambition in a Pope. 1936Fortune Jan. 133 Mr. Aldrich's sudden elevation, whereas it may have been dramatic, was certainly not nepotistic. 1949Koestler Promise & Fulfilment ii. v. 296 The one-time pioneers have, as so often happens, developed into a somewhat nepotistic coterie of the ancients. 1955W. Gaddis Recognitions ii. i. 305 The Viareggio, a small Italian bar of nepotistic honesty before it was discovered by exotics. |