sycophancy in English

noun

[syc·o·phan·cy || 'sɪkəfənsɪ /-fænsɪ]

excessive flattery, obsequiousness

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1. Blandishment (also: adulation, backslapping, flattery, obsequiousness, sycophancy, toadying, toadyism)

2. Sycophancy cheapens discourse and corrodes excellence in the Aristotelean sense of the term

3. Synonyms: extravagant flattery , worship , fawning , sycophancy More Synonyms of Adulation

4. Synonyms: extravagant flattery, worship, fawning, sycophancy More Synonyms of Adulation COBUILD Advanced English Dictionary.

5. 15 synonyms for Adulation: extravagant flattery, worship, fawning, sycophancy, fulsome praise, blandishment, bootlicking, servile flattery, blandishment

6. There's only one insult suitable for this sadly all too prevalent form of sycophancy – and that insult is "Bootlicker"

7. Informal), soft soap (informal), sycophancy, servility, obsequiousness, cajolery, blandishment, fulsomeness, toadyism, overpraise, false praise, honeyed words You're as full of Blarney …

8. His portrayal of Cleone is more consistent with the historical sources (Cleone is simply Adulator, whereas in Mauro's libretto Cleone's sycophancy is motivated by his love of Rossane); and with his addition of the scene in which Alessandro frees Rossane, Rolli evokes …