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8 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power (as by giving them jobs)
originBorrowed from French népotisme, from Italian nepotismo, from Latin nepōs (“nephew”), a reference to the practice of popes appointing relatives (most often nephews) as cardinals during the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Also spells
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- postmen 11
- impone 10
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- mispen 10
- optime 10