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Definition of "nepotistic" []

  • Of or pertaining to nepotism; favoring relatives because of their relationship rather than their abilities. (adjective)

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Use "nepotistic" in a sentence
  • "Bakiyev only solidified his power some few months after the Tulip Revolution, and turned out to be frankly more autocratic and nepotistic than Akayev had ever been."
  • "The two back-to-back suicides sparked a month of protests in normally serene Tunisia - beginning with the economically-depressed Sidi Bouzid region, where trade unionists, students, and jobless youth poured into the streets to voice their frustration with a corrupt and nepotistic regime that has misruled Tunisia for some two decades."
  • "It was home to the Communist aristocracy, the families of top party and state officials, who existed in a cocoon of privilege, with their chauffeured cars, special stores and clinics, elite schools, country dachas, Black Sea vacation resorts, superior housing, and nepotistic networks to haul up the next generation."
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