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Noun Concept
Categories: Etymologies, Classical Athens, Ancient Greece, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Human behavior
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sycophancy  sycophant  Arse-licking  Ass-kisser  Ass kisser
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Fawning obsequiousness WordNet 3.0
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Fawning obsequiousness WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
In modern English, sycophant denotes an "insincere flatterer" and is used to refer to someone practising sycophancy. Wikipedia
The fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery; fawningness. Wiktionary
Fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery. Wiktionary (translation)
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obsequiousness
occupation
COUNTRY
Classical Athens
CULTURE
Greece
DERIVATION
sycophant
FIELD OF THIS OCCUPATION
Sycophancy
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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sycophancy
Wikipedia
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sycophancy
Wikidata
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sycophant
Wiktionary
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sycophancy
Wikipedia Redirections
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Arse-licking, Ass-kisser, Ass kisser, Ass kissing, Asskissing, brown-noser, brown nosing, Hanger's-on, Hanger's on, Hanger-ons, hangers-on, Hangers on, Lickspittle, obsequious, Obsequiousness, Psychophant, Sicophant, Suck-up, Suck up, Sucking up, Sucking up to, Sychophancy, sycophant, sycophantic, sycophants, Syncophant, toady
Wikidata Alias
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sycophants

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