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NEPOTIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nepotist mean?
• NEPOTIST (noun)
The noun NEPOTIST has 1 sense:
1. a powerful person who shows favoritism to relatives or close friends
Familiarity information: NEPOTIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A powerful person who shows favoritism to relatives or close friends
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("nepotist" is a kind of...):
important person; influential person; personage (a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events)
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