cronyism

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɹəʊnɪɪz(ə)m/
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• General-American: /ˈkɹoʊniˌɪzəm/
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• CMU ARPABET: K R OW1 N IY0 IH2 Z AH0 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From crony (“close friend”) + -ism (suffix forming names of a tendency of action, behaviour, condition, opinion, or state belonging to a class or group of persons).

73 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: وَاسِطَة (wāsiṭa) — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Arabic: واسطة (wāṣṭa) — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Catalan: amiguisme — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Chinese Mandarin: 裙帶關係 /裙带关系 (qúndài guānxì) — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Chinese Mandarin: 任人唯亲 (rènrénwéiqīn) — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Czech: trafika — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Dutch: vriendjespolitiek — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Finnish: kronyismi — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Finnish: hyvä veli -järjestelmä — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Finnish: ystävien suosiminen — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• French: copinage — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• French: favoritisme — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Galician: amiguismo — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Georgian: ქრონიზმი (kronizmi) — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• German: Ämterpatronage — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• German: Freunderlwirtschaft — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• German: Günstlingswirtschaft — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• German: Klüngel — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• German: Nepotismus — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• German: Vetternwirtschaft — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Greek: αναξιοκρατία (anaxiokratía) — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Hindi: दोस्तवाद (dostavād) — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Hungarian: adok-kapok — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Hungarian: protekció — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Indonesian: kronisme — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Italian: nepotismo — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Japanese: 縁者贔屓 (enjabīki) — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Khmer: សម្លាញ់និយម (sɑmlañ niyum) — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Korean: 정실주의 (jeongsiljuui) — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Macedonian: вр́ски (vŕski) — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Macedonian: крони́зам (kronízam) — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Macedonian: непоти́зам (nepotízam) — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Malay: kronisme — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Mingrelian: ქრონიზმი (kronizmi) — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Norwegian Bokmål: kameraderi — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Norwegian Bokmål: klikkvesen — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Norwegian Bokmål: nepotisme — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kameraderi — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Norwegian Nynorsk: klikkevesen — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Norwegian Nynorsk: klikkvesen — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nepotisme — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Persian: بند «پ» (band-e "pe") — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Persian: دوستگماری (dust-gomâri) — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Persian: پارتی بازی (pârti-bâzi) — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Persian: آشنابازی (âšnâ-bâzi) — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Polish: kolesiostwo — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Polish: kumoterstwo — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Portuguese: amiguismo — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Portuguese: fisiologismo — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Romanian: favoritism — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Russian: крони́зм (kronízm) — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Russian: блат (blat) — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Russian: кумовство́ (kumovstvó) — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Russian: непоти́зм (nepotízm) — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Spanish: amiguismo — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Spanish: cuatitud — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Spanish: dedocracia — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Spanish: enchufismo — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Spanish: influyentismo — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Spanish: dedazo — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Swedish: svågerpolitik — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Swedish: vänskapskorruption — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Swedish: nepotism — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Tagalog: kroniismo — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Tagalog: kronismo — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Tagalog: kroniyismo — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Tajik: ошнобозӣ (ošnobozi) — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Turkish: ahbap çavuş ilişkisi — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Ukrainian: кронізм (kronizm) — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Ukrainian: кумі́вство (kumívstvo) — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Urdu: احباب پروری (ahbāb-parvarī) — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa thân hữu — favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications
• Finnish: kyky saada ystäviä — ability or inclination to make friends