1. Undue favouritism, as in bestowing patronage, shown to nephews and other relatives.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• nepitism,
• depotism,
• nepotisim,
• neoptism,
• nepatisim,
• neopitism,
• bepotism,
• mepotism,
• jepotism,
• hepotism,
• neopotism,
• neppotism,
• nepotis,
• neepotism,
• nepottism,
• Heleotism,
• neorotism,
• Mephostism,
• neozim,
• Nephrisym

The adjective form of "nepotism" is "nepotistic".

The plural form of the word "nepotism" is also "nepotism." It is an uncountable noun and does not typically change in form when referring to multiple instances of the practice.

The singular form of the word "nepotism" is "nepotism".