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SYCOPHANCY
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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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