单词 | love-bombing |
释义 | love-bombingn. The action, process, or practice of subjecting (a person) to an effusive demonstration of approval or affection, esp. as a means to gain trust, loyalty, or compliance. Later also in weakened sense: the action of displaying intense or effusive solicitude towards any person or group.Originally as a technique used by religious movements to recruit or retain members: see love bomb n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun] fawninga1350 adulationc1400 papelardya1425 papelardrya1500 captation1523 clawing1548 insinuation1553 curry-favour1581 man-pleasing1588 courting1607 men-pleasing1615 supparasitation1620 sycophantizing1640 assiduity1641 ingratiating1642 licking1648 man-pleasance1656 sycophancy1657 fawnery1661 sycophantrya1677 nutting1789 tuft-hunting1789 cultivation1793 huggery1804 ingratiation1815 sycophantism1821 lickspittling1839 toadyship1839 toadyism1840 bootlicking1849 toadying1863 arse-licking1912 lickspittle1914 apple-polishing1926 pot-licking1929 brown-nosing1934 ass-kissing1936 arse-kissing1937 ass-licking1946 sucking-up1946 bum-sucking1949 love bomb1975 love-bombing1976 1976 J. Bjornstad Moon is not Son i. 39 To prevent one from leaving the new environment, they use psychology: ‘How can you forsake us and leave? We love you so very much.’ (This is called ‘love bombing’.) 1995 K. M. Porterfield Straight Talk about Cults iv. 62 Love-bombing techniques—including eye contact, touching, hugging, giving unconditional approval, and listening to every word we speak—get us feeling so good about ourselves..we actually get an emotional high from this make-believe caring. 2011 Sunday Independent (Ireland) (Nexis) 31 July In its pre-election love-bombing of the Irish electorate, Labour promised there would be no water charges. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1976 |
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