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Meritocracy's evil twin, wearing meritocracy's clothes to the office party.
means Giving someone an unfair advantage or better treatment because you like them, not because they earned it.
from From Latin 'favor,' meaning goodwill or support — itself from 'favere,' to be kind to or side with. The '-ite' and '-ism' additions came through French 'favori,' a favored one, giving English 'favorite' by the 16th century and the abstract noun 'favoritism' a bit later, once there was enough institutional bias around to need a name for it.
- origin
- from latin favor, meaning undeserved goodwill
- workplace cost
- top performers quit faster than low ones
- sneaky version
- calling it chemistry instead of bias
- parenting study
- most parents admit it, kids already knew