amichettismo

Italian

Etymology

From amichetto (“playmate”, literally “little friend”) +‎ -ismo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.mi.ketˈtiz.mo/
  • Rhymes: -izmo
  • Hyphenation: a‧mi‧chet‧tì‧smo

Noun

amichettismo m (uncountable)

  1. (neologism) favoritism towards one's friends or political allies; nepotism
    Synonym: nepotismo
    • 2024 June 3, Quarta Repubblica, season 6, spoken by Giorgia Meloni:
      Noi abbiamo conosciuto, sì, un modo di amichettismo dove tutti gli autori anche lì che non erano di una determinata parte politica venivano sistematicamente esclusi dai premi, dalle kermesse, ecc.
      We have known, yes, a world of nepotism where all the authors even there who were not of a certain political party were systematically excluded from prizes, from kermesses, etc.

Further reading

  • amichettismo in Treccani.it – Neologismi (2024), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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