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Nepotism vs Patriotism - What's the difference?

nepotism | patriotism |

As nouns the difference between nepotism and patriotism

is that nepotism is the favoring of relatives or personal friends because of their relationship rather than because of their abilities while patriotism is love of country; devotion to the welfare of one's compatriots; the virtues and actions of a patriot; the passion which inspires one to serve one's country.

nepotism

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(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

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    patriotism

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia patriotism)
  • Love of country; devotion to the welfare of one's compatriots; the virtues and actions of a patriot; the passion which inspires one to serve one's country,
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  • The desire to compete with other nations; nationalism.
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    • Synonyms

    * (love of country) nationalism * (nationalism) jingoism, chauvinism, superpatriotism, ultranationalism

    Derived terms

    * matriotism * "patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels"