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In modern day, it seems nepotism does extend to friends at this point.
Nepotism = favoritism to family members, regardless of merit
Cronyism = favoritism to friends, regardless of merit
"Crony" has kinda fallen out of use, especially when "Nepo Baby" is so popular right now.
This is why I originally deleted my comment, cronyism is a better word, but I wonder if there is a better word to combine nepotism and cronyism.
Favoritism?
Language is a social construct, so words mean whatever we agree they do, but it feels like we already had a separate word for that
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well now I don’t know what to think
Sorry, I deleted my response (which I undeleted now for the sake of reference since you responded) because I realized cronyism is a better word for nepotism when it comes to giving favors to friends, though I wonder if there is a better and more general word to combine nepotism and cronyism because I find them to be the same at this point.