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Nepotism

Undue attachment to relations; favoritism shown to members of one's family; bestowal of patronage in consideration of relationship, rather than of merit or of legal claim.

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Discrimination 76% connected

The act of discriminating, distinguishing, or noting and marking differences.

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Favoritism 76% connected

The disposition to favor and promote the interest of one person or family, or of one class of men, to the neglect of others having equal claims; part…

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Chauvinism noun · 86% connection

activity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over women

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Class noun · 78% connection

people having the same social, economic, or educational status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class"

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Deprivation noun · 78% connection

a state of extreme poverty

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Ejection noun · 78% connection

the act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school"

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Exclusion noun · 78% connection

the act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school"

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Exclusive right noun · 78% connection

a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right); "suffrage was the prerogativ…

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Expulsion noun · 78% connection

the act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school"

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Favouritism noun · 78% connection

unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice

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Impoverishment noun · 78% connection

the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions

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Inequality noun · 78% connection

lack of equality; "the growing inequality between rich and poor"

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Marginalisation noun · 78% connection

the social process of becoming or being made marginal (especially as a group within the larger society); "the marginalization of the u…

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Marginalization noun · 78% connection

the social process of becoming or being made marginal (especially as a group within the larger society); "the marginalization of the u…

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Mobility noun · 78% connection

the quality of moving freely

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Abduction noun · 78% connection

the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family…

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Adherence noun · 78% connection

The state of being fixed in attachment; fidelity; steady attachment; adhesion; as, adherence to a party or to opinions.

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Affinity noun · 78% connection

Relationship by marriage (as between a husband and his wife's blood relations, or between a wife and her husband's blood relations); -…

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Affordment noun · 78% connection

Anything given as a help; bestowal.

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Algebra noun · 78% connection

That branch of mathematics which treats of the relations and properties of quantity by means of letters and other symbols. It is appli…

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Alternate adjective · 78% connection

Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of th…

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Amaryllideous adjective · 78% connection

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, an order of plants differing from the lily family chiefly in having the ovary below the /etals. The…

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Anaclisis noun · 78% connection

(psychoanalysis) relationship marked by strong dependence on others; especially a libidinal attachment to e.g. a parental figure

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Arrogance noun · 78% connection

The act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner; that species of pride which consists in exorbitant cl…

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Arrogate verb · 78% connection

To assume, or claim as one's own, unduly, proudly, or presumptuously; to make undue claims to, from vanity or baseless pretensions to…

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Attention noun · 78% connection

The act or state of attending or heeding; the application of the mind to any object of sense, representation, or thought; notice; excl…

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Bargain noun · 78% connection

An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds himself to transfer the right to…

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Bestowment noun · 78% connection

The act of giving or bestowing; a conferring or bestowal.

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Boycott verb · 78% connection

To combine against (a landlord, tradesman, employer, or other person), to withhold social or business relations from him, and to deter…

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Cointension noun · 78% connection

The condition of being of equal in intensity; -- applied to relations; as, 3:6 and 6:12 are relations of cointension.

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Cultivation noun · 78% connection

Bestowal of time or attention for self-improvement or for the benefit of others; fostering care.

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Extortion noun · 78% connection

The act of extorting; the act or practice of wresting anything from a person by force, by threats, or by any undue exercise of power;…

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Geometry noun · 78% connection

That branch of mathematics which investigates the relations, properties, and measurement of solids, surfaces, lines, and angles; the s…

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