sycophancy
/ˈsɪkəfansi
/noun [mass noun]
Obsequious behaviour towards someone important in order to gain advantage: your fawning sycophancy is nauseating he discouraged sycophancy towards royalty...
- Sycophancy in the Congress has been at its height.
- If your boss is an egomaniac, sycophancy always pays dividends.
- Through relentless flattery and sycophancy, he amassed a circle of influential friends and a considerable fortune.
- resupine
- resupply
- resuppress
- resurface
- resurgam
- resurge
- resurgence
- resurgency
- resurgent
- resurging
- resurprise
- resurrect
- resurrectable
- full moon
- full-motion
- full-motion video
- full-mouthed
- full name
- fullness
- full of beans
- full of oneself
- full of one's own importance
- full of years
- full on
- full (or tight) as a tick