Reader's Digest 8月号、QUICK STUDY LIBYAの記事にあった覚えたい単語です。
"Eccentric", "maverick", "mad dog" are just some of the descriptions of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, Libya's 69-year-old leader. His 41-year reign has been marked by corruption, cronyism and ruthlessness.
"cronyism" は良いことではない様ですが何でしょう。
・Vocabulary.com: favoritism shown to friends and associates (as by appointing them to positions without regard for their qualifications): In all cases, these societies were smoldering with longstanding grievances against oppressive, incompetent governments and economies stifled by cronyism.
・Macmillan Dictionary: the practice of giving jobs and other advantages to friends, especially in politics
独裁政治に典型的な特徴ですね。 同義語に "nepotism"(favoritism shown to relatives by those in power
) がありますが、"cronyism" は特に政治の世界の場合に使われる様です。
"Eccentric", "maverick", "mad dog" are just some of the descriptions of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, Libya's 69-year-old leader. His 41-year reign has been marked by corruption, cronyism and ruthlessness.
"cronyism" は良いことではない様ですが何でしょう。
・Vocabulary.com: favoritism shown to friends and associates (as by appointing them to positions without regard for their qualifications): In all cases, these societies were smoldering with longstanding grievances against oppressive, incompetent governments and economies stifled by cronyism.
・Macmillan Dictionary: the practice of giving jobs and other advantages to friends, especially in politics
独裁政治に典型的な特徴ですね。 同義語に "nepotism"(favoritism shown to relatives by those in power
) がありますが、"cronyism" は特に政治の世界の場合に使われる様です。
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