nepotism results in you getting a job or position over a more qualified candidate solely because of the family you are a part of, or the relatives you have in high places within the organization you are recieving this position from.

Although this has been going on for a long time. It is also one of the reasons why natural selection does not work in this day and age

Nep"o*tism [L. nepus, nepotus, nephew: cf. F. n'epotisme. See Nephew.]

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.

From nepotism Alexander V. was safe; for he was without kindred or relatives. But there was another perhaps more fatal nepotism, which turned the tide of popularity against him -- the nepotism of his order. Milman.

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