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cronyism|ˈkrəʊnɪɪz(ə)m|
Also croneyism.
[f. crony n. + -ism.]
a. Friendship; the ability or desire to make friends.
b. (Chiefly U.S.) The appointment of friends to government posts without proper regard to their qualifications.
1840A. Conolly Let. July in F. MacLean Person from England (1958) 43 It must end in my going to Khokund, probably via Khiva with the Envoy thence, Yakoob Bai, with whom I have established great croneyism. 1922W. de la Mare in Boswell's Life of Johnson p. xix, Johnson's oddities, his queer habits, his cronyism, his truculence, his wit, his frailties. 1950Collier's Mag. 24 June 78/1 [He] sets a heap of store by the solemn vows of cronyism. 1952N.Y. Times 17 Aug. 8E/1 The amount of politically entrenched bureaucracy that has earned for Mr. Truman's regime its sorry reputation for corruption, cronyism, extravagance, waste and confusion. 1968Guardian 13 July 9/5 The Congress would be more amenable to the argument that ‘cronyism’ should give way to the next President's right to choose his own Chief Justice. |