cronyism

1. 1.

   favoritism shown to friends and associates (as by appointing them to positions without regard for their qualifications)

   Broaderdiscrimination

Other forms of cronyism

plural

cronyisms·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cronyism

What does cronyism mean?

cronyism means "favoritism shown to friends and associates (as by appointing them to positions without regard for their qualifications)".

How many syllables are in cronyism?

cronyism has 4 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˈkɹoʊniˌɪzəm/.