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adulation

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ad·u·la·tion  (j-lshn)
n.
Excessive flattery or admiration.

[Middle English adulacioun, from Old French, from Latin adlti, adltin-, from adltus, past participle of adlr, to flatter.]

adulation [ˌædjʊˈleɪʃən]
n
obsequious flattery or praise; extreme admiration
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.adulation - servile flattery; exaggerated and hypocritical praise
flattery - excessive or insincere praise

adulation
noun extravagant flattery, worship, fawning, sycophancy, fulsome praise, blandishment, bootlicking (informal), servile flattery The book was received with adulation by the critics.
abuse, ridicule, condemnation, censure, vilification, disparagement, vituperation, revilement, calumniation
Translations
adulation [ˌædjʊˈleɪʃən] Nadulación f

adulation [ˌædjuˈleɪʃən] n (= acclaim) → adulation f

adulation

adulation [ˌædjʊˈleɪʃn] nadulazione f

adulation
n adulation [ӕdjuˈleiʃən]
foolishly excessive praise The teenager's adulation of the pop-group worried her parents. aanhanging تَمَلُّق، مَدَاهَنَه ласкателство obdiv overdreven tilbedelse; overdreven smiger Vergötterung τυφλή αφοσίωση, δουλικότητα adulación ülistamine ستایش بیش از حد liehakointi adulation חֲנוּפָּה, הַעֳרָצָה चापलूसी ulagivanje rajongás sanjungan, puji-pujian oflof, skjall adulazione こびへつらう 아첨 garbinimas pārspīlēta slavināšana penyanjungan bewieroking overdreven tilbedelse, smisking wychwalanie, cielęcy zachwyt adulação adulaţie, adulare низкопоклонство obdiv malikovanje preterano divljenje underdånig dyrkan การยกยอ; การประจบประแจง gereğinden fazla övme, pohpohlama 奉承 підлещування; підлабузництво چاپلوسی ، خوشامد sự bợ đỡ
adj adulatory
aanhangend تَمَلُّقِي ласкателен lichotnický smiskende; smigrende schmeichlerisch δουλικός adulador ülistav چاپلوسانه ylistävä louangeur חַנְפָנִי चापलूसीपूर्ण ulagivački hízelgő sikap menyanjung fleðulegur, smjaðrandi adulatorio お世辞たらたらの 아부의 pataikaujantis slavinošs; glaimojošs memuji-muji vleierig smiskende pochlebczy adulatório adulator льстивый lichotnícky hvaličav preterano zadivljen underdånig, devot ที่ประจบประแจง övücü, pohpohlayıcı 奉承的 улесливий, підлесливий چاپلوسانہ nịnh nọt


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This is one instance of that adulation which we bestow on our own minds, and this almost universally.
For Russian historians, strange and terrible to say, Napoleon- that most insignificant tool of history who never anywhere, even in exile, showed human dignity- Napoleon is the object of adulation and enthusiasm; he is grand.
It is still possible to discuss his place in art, and the adulation of his admirers is perhaps no less capricious than the disparagement of his detractors; but one thing can never be doubtful, and that is that he had genius.
 
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