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Nepotism vs Discrimination - What's the difference?

nepotism | discrimination |

As nouns the difference between nepotism and discrimination

is that nepotism is the favoring of relatives or personal friends because of their relationship rather than because of their abilities while discrimination is a distinction; discernment, the act of discriminating, discerning, distinguishing, noting or perceiving differences between things.

nepotism

English

(wikipedia nepotism)

Noun

  • The favoring of relatives or personal friends because of their relationship rather than because of their abilities.
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    • Antonyms

    * meritocracy * merit system

    Coordinate terms

    * cronyism

    Related terms

    * nepotistic, nepotistical

    Anagrams

    * English words suffixed with -ism ----

    discrimination

    English

    (wikipedia discrimination)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a distinction; discernment, the act of discriminating, discerning, distinguishing, noting or perceiving differences between things.
  • The state of being discriminated, distinguished from, or set apart.
  • (sometimes discrimination against ) distinct treatment of an individual or group to their disadvantage; treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than individual merit; partiality; prejudice; bigotry
    • sexual or racial discrimination
  • The quality of being discriminating, acute discernment, specifically in a learning situation; as to show great discrimination in the choice of means.
  • That which discriminates; mark of distinction, a characteristic.

    • Derived terms

    * nondiscrimination * reverse discrimination

    Hyponyms

    *heterosexism *ageism *ableism *xenophobia

    See also

    * stereotype * bias * racism ----