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syc·o·phan·cy (s

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n-s

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n. pl. sy·co·phan·cies

The fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery.

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Noun

sycophancy - fawning obsequiousness

obsequiousness, servility, subservience - abject or cringing submissiveness

sycophancy

noun obsequiousness, grovelling, servility, cringing, fawning, adulation, flattery, kowtowing, truckling, bootlicking (informal), toadyism, slavishness snobbery, sycophancy and nepotism

Translations

sycophancy [ˈsɪkəfənsɪ] N → adulación f, servilismo m

sycophancy

n → Kriecherei f, → Speichelleckerei f (inf)

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