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sycophancy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | obsequiousness, servility, subservience |
| Derivation | sycophant |
Examples of sycophancy
sycophancy
For all that, he stops mercifully short of outright sycophancy, a la Ed McMahon.
From the washingtonpost.com
The problem is this orchestrated sycophancy may not stop at the Cabinet door.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Their sycophancy to their Marxist masters in Westmisnter has failed their own people.
From the guardian.co.uk
One looks for the passages of sycophancy and works backward from there.
From the theatlantic.com
Silence and sycophancy are hardly the best ways to preserve those gains.
From the economist.com
Sycophancy became the winning currency even for competent politicians.
From the economist.com
Just two people tired of the old game of sycophancy, and just trying to subvert it slightly.
From the guardian.co.uk
Aren't you embarrassed to demonstrate your corporate sycophancy so definitively and so publicly?
From the nbr.co.nz
Presidents are buffeted by sycophancy, criticism and betrayal.
From the nytimes.com
- Fawning obsequiousness
- (sycophant) a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
- Sycophancy means: # flattery; servility. # False accusation; calumniation; talebearing. # The character or characteristic of a .
- The fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery
- (sycophant) One who uses compliments to gain self-serving favor or advantage from another; One who seeks to gain through the powerful and influential
- (sycophant) a flatterer, a toady
- (Sycophant) Fed up with insects.
- (Sycophant) One who excessively flatters those in authority.
- (Sycophant) One who seeks wealth, power or influence from an accepted leader or leaders by undue flattery, adulation or servility.
