sycophant (redirected from Psychophant)

syc·o·phant  (sk-fnt, sk-)

n.

A servile self-seeker who attempts to win favor by flattering influential people.

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[Latin scophanta, informer, slanderer, from Greek skophants, informer, from skon phainein, to show a fig (probably originally said of denouncers of theft or exportation of figs) : skon, fig + phainein, to show; see bh-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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syco·phantic (-fntk), syco·phanti·cal (-t-kl) adj.

syco·phanti·cal·ly adv.

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sycophant [ˈsɪkəfənt]

n

a person who uses flattery to win favour from individuals wielding influence; toady

[from Latin sȳcophanta, from Greek sukophantēs, literally: the person showing a fig, apparently referring to the fig sign used in making an accusation, from sukon fig + phainein to show; sense probably developed from ``accuser'' to ``informer, flatterer'']

sycophancy  n

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

sycophant - a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage ass-kisser, crawler, toady, lackey apple polisher, bootlicker, fawner, groveler, groveller, truckler - someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect adulator, flatterer - a person who uses flattery goody-goody - a person who behaves extremely well in order to please a superior

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sycophant

noun crawler, yes man, toady, slave, parasite, cringer, fawner, hanger-on, sponger, brown-noser (taboo slang), flatterer, truckler, lickspittle, ass-kisser (U.S. & Canad. taboo slang), apple polisher (U.S. slang), bootlicker (informal), toadeater (rare) a dictator surrounded by sycophants

Translations

sycophant [ˈsɪkəfənt] N → adulador(a) m/f

sycophant [ˈsɪkəfænt] n → flagorneur/euse m/f

sycophant

n → Kriecher(in) m(f), → Speichellecker(in) m(f) (inf)

sycophant [ˈsɪkəfənt] n → adulatore/trice