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sycophancy

[ sik-uh-fuhn-see, -fan-, sahy-kuh- ]

noun

  1. self-seeking or servile flattery.
  2. the character or conduct of a sycophant.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sycophancy1

First recorded in 1615–25; from Latin ̄DZ󲹲Գپ “trickery,” from Greek ̄DZ󲹲Գí “dishonest prosecution,” from ̄DZáԳ(ŧ) “informer” ( sycophant ) + -ia -y 3
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It said it would build more guardrails to increase transparency, and refine the system itself "to explicitly steer the model away from sycophancy".

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Gage said she found the most frightening aspect to be Patel’s sycophancy to Trump.

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Carvey's bouncing and buffoonish take on Musk's sycophancy struck a chord, with the Tesla head commenting on it on X.

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Like the French elites in World War II, they have become Quislings, establishing a tone of sycophancy and eagerness to please that unmistakably telegraphs that the rest of us are on our own.

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But for all of his shameful fawning sycophancy over murderous tyrants, Trump has mostly confined his strongman adulation to matters of foreign policy and national security.

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