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Getting mates in party at end of day - is money overcoming resistance?
Answer for the clue "Getting mates in party at end of day - is money overcoming resistance? ", 8 letters:
cronyism
Alternative clues for the word cronyism
- Some partial appointments
- Favoritism shown to friends and associates (as by appointing them to positions without regard for their qualifications)
- Partiality in job appointments
- Buddies-first mentality
- Appointment of friends to jobs, regardless of qualifications
- "You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours" philosophy
- Favouritism shown to friends and associates
- Playing favorites
Word definitions for cronyism in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ For one, they say, she is an outsider in an administration where cronyism has created problems. ▪ High unemployment, non-payment of state wages and pensions and official cronyism and corruption will all be election issues. ▪ ...
Usage examples of cronyism.
It would leave in place all of the autocracy that has alienated Arab populations, the corruption and cronyism that have impoverished them, and the sectarianism and intrastate animosities that have destabilized them.