Usually means: Favoritism shown to friends, allies.
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  1. cronyism: Merriam-Webster
  2. cronyism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cronyism: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cronyism: Collins English Dictionary
  5. cronyism: Vocabulary.com
  6. Cronyism, cronyism: Wordnik
  7. cronyism: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. cronyism: Wiktionary
  9. cronyism: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. cronyism: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. cronyism: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. cronyism: Dictionary.com
  13. Cronyism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. cronyism: Rhymezone
  15. cronyism: FreeDictionary.org
  16. cronyism: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. cronyism: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. Cronyism: World Wide Words
  19. cronyism: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
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  1. Cronyism: Encyclopedia

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noun:  (originally US, derogatory) Favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications; especially (politics), in their appointment to political positions.
noun:  (obsolete) The condition of being friends; friendship; also, the ability or inclination to make friends.

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