nepotisticadj.
/ˌnɛpəˈtɪstɪk/, U.S. /ˌnɛpəˈtɪstɪk/ Relating to, resulting from, or characterized by nepotism.
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society > morality > rightness or justice > wrong or injustice > [adjective] > unfair > characterized by unfair preferment
nepotistic1835
1835 Dublin Univ. Mag. May 536/2 Lord Plunkett, whose nepotistic rapacity was only limited by the number of his relations to the fiftieth degree of kindred.
1883 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 12 297 Friar Jordanus..assigns as the reason for the nepotistic law the following:-‘In this India, never do even the legitimate sons..inherit the goods of their parents, but only the sons of their sisters’.
1936 Fortune Jan. 133 Mr. Aldrich's sudden elevation, whereas it may have been dramatic, was certainly not nepotistic.
1949 A. Koestler Promise & Fulfilm. ii. v. 296 The one-time pioneers have, as so often happens, developed into a somewhat nepotistic coterie of the ancients.
1991 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 9 Mar. 596/3 Postgraduate training is too important to be left in the hands of nepotistic consultants interested only in maintaining the status quo.
2000 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Apr. 324 I didn't put him in there for some nepotistic act.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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