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Nepotism vs Wasta - What's the difference?

nepotism | wasta | Synonyms |

Nepotism is a synonym of wasta.


As nouns the difference between nepotism and wasta

is that nepotism is the favoring of relatives or personal friends because of their relationship rather than because of their abilities while wasta is (arab society|often|italicized) intercession or mediation by people on behalf of others to whom they are connected by friendship or blood.

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 ----

    wasta

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Arab society, often, italicized) Intercession or mediation by people on behalf of others to whom they are connected by friendship or blood
  • * {{quote-news, 2003, 15 June, Syed Rashid Husain, 'Wasta' at US Embassy, Arab News citation
    • , passage=The number of those traveling to the US during summer may definitely have gone down, but if one can hook onto a wasta , one could get into the queue of applicants without having to get up early in the morning.}}

    Synonyms

    * connections, nepotism

    See also

    * (wikipedia "wasta")