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nepotism

Summary

nepotism ranks in the top 0.85% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,558 views/month, #664 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • Julius Nepos is named after nepotism[2].
  • nepotism is a type of cronyism[3].
  • nepotism's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Nepotism[4].
  • nepotism's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[5].
  • nepotism's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[6].
  • nepotism's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
  • nepotism's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • nepotism's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[9].
  • nepotism's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • nepotism's has effect is recorded as advantage[11].
  • nepotism's different from is recorded as cronyism[12].
  • nepotism's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Business[13].
  • nepotism's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Politics[14].
  • nepotism's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Genealogy[15].
  • nepotism's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Family and relationships[16].
  • nepotism's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography[17].
  • nepotism's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Discrimination[18].

Body

Definition and Type

nepotism is a type of cronyism[3].

Origins

Julius Nepos is named after nepotism[2].

Influence

Things named for nepotism include nepo baby[19], a neologism[20].

Why It Matters

nepotism ranks in the top 0.85% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,558 views/month, #664 of 77,819).[1] nepotism has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] nepotism is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Entities named for nepotism include nepo baby[19], a neologism[20].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [19] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from cronyism
    Has effect advantage
    Named after
    Aliases
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 18899, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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