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ingratiation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | insinuation |
| Type of | blandishment, wheedling |
Examples of ingratiation
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Since Jones'work of the 1960s, researchers have added four more types of ingratiation.
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The easy ingratiation he paraded in Titanic is one of his gifts, but not the most notable.
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As most of us know, food can be a powerful tool for ingratiation.
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It wants to be winsomely outrageous as a form of ingratiation.
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Ingratiation can be applied to many real world situations.
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More research shows how ingratiation is applicable in the online dating community and job interviews.
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In the beginning he was a tall, devastatingly handsome young man, with a polite, soft-spoken gift for ingratiation.
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Ingratiation is a no-brainer, he says.
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Ingratiation, as a topic in social psychology, was first defined and analyzed by social psychologist Edward E. Jones.
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- The act of gaining acceptance or affection for yourself by persuasive and subtle blandishments; "she refused to use insinuation in order to gain favor"
- (ingratiate) gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts
- (ingratiating) capable of winning favor; "with open arms and an ingratiating smile"
- 'Ingratiation is a strategic attempt to get someone to like you in order to obtain compliance with a request (Vaughan, & Hogg, 2008). Ingratiation is generally conceptualized as a variant of impression management tactics (Buss, Gomes, Higgins & Lauterbach, 1987).
- (ingratiate) to bring oneself into favour with someone by flattering or trying to please them
- (ingratiating) Which ingratiates; which attempts to bring oneself into the favour of another. The implication is often of flattery or insincerity
- The use of strategies such a flattery, by which people seek to gain another's favor.
