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cronyish

cronyish adjective: exhibiting cronyism; showing undue favour toward one's friends.

Adjective

cronyish (comparative more cronyish, superlative most cronyish)

  1. Exhibiting cronyism; showing undue favour toward one's friends.

Forms of cronyish

comparativemore cronyish
superlativemost cronyish

Origin of cronyish

From crony + -ish.

Questions about cronyish

What does cronyish mean?
Cronyish means exhibiting cronyism; showing undue favour toward one's friends.
What part of speech is cronyish?
Cronyish is an adjective.

Words near cronyish in the dictionary

  1. crony
  2. crony capitalism
  3. crony capitalisms
  4. crony democracy
  5. cronydom
  6. cronyish
  7. cronyism
  8. cronyisms
  9. cronyist
  10. cronyistic
  11. cronyists

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