enchufismo
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]enchufismo m (plural enchufismos)
- (politics) cronyism, nepotism, string pulling, getting a job by having friends in high places, to have connections
- Synonym: dedocracia
- 2015 July 6, “Enchufados sin fronteras”, in El País[1]:
- El enchufismo, como todo el mundo sabe, tiene un sinónimo legal: nepotismo.
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Related terms
[edit]- enchufar
- enchufe m
- enchufista m or f by sense
- tener enchufe
Further reading
[edit]- “enchufismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28