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Definition of Nepotistic
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to nepotism; favoring relatives because of their relationship rather than their abilities. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nepotistic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nepotistic
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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