nepotism

IPA(Pronunciation)

countable uncountable

The favoring of relatives or personal friends because of their relationship rather than because of their abilities.

Japanese Meaning

親族や身内、友人など、血縁や個人的な関係を理由に、その人の能力ではなく、恩恵や有利な待遇を与える行為（縁故主義）のこと。

The board's repeated hires of the CEO's relatives led employees to accuse the company of nepotism.

取締役会が社長の親族を繰り返し採用したことで、従業員たちはその会社を縁故主義（親族や個人的な友人を能力より優遇すること）だと非難した。

Sense（1）

The favoring of relatives or personal friends because of their relationship rather than because of their abilities.

Coordinate term: cronyism

nepotisms

（ plural ）