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View usage for: (sɪkəfænsi, US -fənsi) uncountable nounSycophancy is the quality or action of being sycophantic. [formal, disapproval]Synonyms: obsequiousness, grovelling, servility, cringing More Synonyms of sycophancy sycophancy in American English (ˈsɪkəfənsi; ˈsɪkəˌfænsi) nounWord forms: plural ˈsycophancies the behavior or character, or an act, of a sycophant; servile flattery Word origin L sycophantia < Gr sykophantiaExamples of 'sycophancy' in a sentencesycophancy snobbery, sycophancy and nepotism Synonyms obsequiousness grovelling cringing fawning kowtowing truckling bootlicking (informal) toadyism slavishness Additional synonymsDefinition uncritical admiration The book was received with adulation by the critics. Synonyms extravagant flattery, worship, fawning, sycophancy, fulsome praise, blandishment, bootlicking (informal), servile flattery Definition excessive or insincere praise He is ambitious and susceptible to flattery. Synonyms obsequiousness, fawning, adulation, sweet-talk (informal), flannel (British, informal), blarney, soft-soap (informal), sycophancy, servility, cajolery, blandishment, fulsomeness, toadyism, false praise, honeyed words She's a curious mixture of stubbornness and servility. Synonyms subservience, fawning, grovelling, meanness, sycophancy, submissiveness, baseness, self-abasement, obsequiousness, abjection, unctuousness, bootlicking (informal), toadyism, slavishness Nearby words ofsycophancy - swot
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