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sycophancy

[ UK /sˈɪkəfənsi/ ]
NOUN
  1. fawning obsequiousness

How To Use sycophancy In A Sentence

  • The ex-director of public prosecutions has accused Tony Blair of "sycophancy" towards President Bush. WN.com - Articles related to Blair 'happy to be out of race for Europe job'
  • Nothing strikes one as more painful and odious in the ways of that Court and that Parliament than the language of sickening sycophancy which is used by all statesmen alike in public {86} with regard to kings and princes, for whom in private they could find no words of abuse too strong and coarse, no curse too profane. A History of the Four Georges, Volume II (of 4)
  • He was shameless in his sycophancy and usually unaware of the embarrassment caused by his actions.
  • But as JWF notes, some comic relief from Milbank’s usual sycophancy is to be found [...] McCain Plays the Race Card - Swampland - TIME.com
  • Sycophancy in the Congress has been at its height.
  • He accused the president of surrounding himself with yes-men, rewarding only sycophancy and punishing dissent.
  • He behaved towards us with a ridiculous degree of sycophancy.
  • I find your grovelling sycophancy rather disgusting and a bit creepy.
  • Whether you agree with him or not, his motives for acting are clearly not unthinking loyalty to the US or sycophancy to a superpower.
  • I-R-I, NED, MA – You’re sycophancy is required on this thread. Think Progress » Veterans Day Outrage: Conservatives End 55-Year-Old Practice of Hearings for Vet Groups
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