nepotism
B2CEFR level
45/100Rarity: uncommon
NeutralRegister
General noun
The unfair favouring of relatives, especially by giving them jobs.
Promoting his nephew over better candidates was blatant nepotism.
Business noun
Favouritism shown to relatives, especially in jobs.
Accusations of nepotism dogged the appointment.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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