SYCOPHANCY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fawning obsequiousness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("sycophancy" is a kind of...):

obsequiousness; servility; subservience (abject or cringing submissiveness)

Derivation:

sycophant (a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage)

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