cronyism

cronyism

English

Etymology

crony +‎ -ism

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹəʊ.ni.ɪ.zəm/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹoʊ.ni.ɪ.zəm/

Noun

cronyism (countable and uncountable, plural cronyisms)

1. Favoritism to friends without regard for their qualifications, especially by appointing them to political positions.

   Coordinate terms: nepotism, patronage

   • 2013, Randall G. Holcombe; Andrea M. Castillo, Liberalism and Cronyism: Two Rival Political and Economic Systems, Mercatus Center at George Mason University, →ISBN:

     Because of this centralized command structure, communist societies fall prey to the forces of cronyism and influence-peddling as commune members without economic power curry favor with commune leaders that control access to resources.

   • 2015, Thomas J. Gradel; Dick Simpson, Corrupt Illinois: Patronage, Cronyism, and Criminality, University of Illinois Press, →ISBN, page 117:

     Patronage, nepotism, cronyism, abuse of power, and criminal activity flourish, sometimes for decades, in numerous town halls, police stations, and special-purpose government agencies in the suburbs.

Translations

favoritism to friends without regard for their qualifications

Arabic: Gulf Arabic: فيتامين و‎ (vītāmīn waw) Armenian: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 任人唯亲 (zh) (rènrénwéiqīn) Dutch: vriendjespolitiek (nl) f Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: ystävien suosiminen, hyvä veli -järjestelmä (fi) French: copinage (fr) m Galician: amiguismo m Georgian: ქრონიზმი (kronizmi) German: Vetternwirtschaft (de) f, Freunderlwirtschaft (de) f Italian: nepotismo (it) m Khmer: សម្លាញ់និយម (somlanh niyom) Malay: kronisme Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: Bokmål: nepotisme m, kameraderi (no) n, klikkvesen n Nynorsk: nepotisme m, kameraderi n, klikkvesen n, klikkevesen n Persian: دوست‌گماری‎ (dust-gomâri) Polish: kumoterstwo (pl) n Portuguese: amiguismo m Russian: блат (ru) m (blat), кумовство́ (ru) n (kumovstvó), непоти́зм (ru) m (nepotízm), крони́зм m (kronízm) Spanish: amiguismo m, enchufismo (es) Swedish: vänskapskorruption c, svågerpolitik c, nepotism (sv) c Thai: please add this translation if you can Turkish: ahbap çavuş ilişkisi (tr) Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa thân hữu

References

• “cronyism”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• crimsony