Definition of Nepotistic

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to nepotism; favoring relatives because of their relationship rather than their abilities. ¹

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Definition of Nepotistic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nepotistic

nephrotuberculosis
nephroureterectomy
nephroureterocystectomy
nephs
nephthytis
nepiology
nepionic
nepit
nepitella
nepits
nepotal
nepotic
nepotism
nepotisms
nepotist
nepotistic (current term)
nepotistical
nepotistically
nepotists
nepovirus
neprilysin
neps
nepskoeite
neptune
neptunian
neptunicentric
neptunist
neptunite
neptunites
neptunium

Literary usage of Nepotistic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Native Life in Travancore by Samuel Mateer (1883)
"An attempt to change the nepotistic law would naturally and reasonably aggrieve the next legal and expectant heirs according to the present system. ..."

2. Native Life in Travancore by Samuel Mateer (1883)
"An attempt to change the nepotistic law would naturally and reasonably aggrieve the next legal and expectant heirs according to the present system ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Thus by 1700 nepotistic plunder had practically ceased, and with the exception of the magnificent peculations of Cardinal Coscia under Benedict XIII. ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"... shown in the progressive decay of agriculture in the Campagna, causing Rome to starve in the midst of fertile but untilled nepotistic latifundia. ..."

5. History of the Christian Church by John Fletcher Hurst (1900)
"Pius IV (1559-1565) followed in the nepotistic footsteps of his predecessor and placed his youthful PIUS 1v nephew, Carl Borromeo, in the highest positions ..."

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