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sycophantic
adjective
Using excessive flattery toward an influential person.
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The review was so sycophantic that it read like an advertisement.
Later, a committee member wrote a sycophantic introduction that lavishly praised the donor's taste in hopes of gaining personal favor.
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sycophantic is grouped under sycophant in the main dictionaries. This form keeps its meaning and previous study record.
sycophantnoun
A person who flatters someone powerful to gain advantage.
The director valued honest criticism more than the praise of a sycophant.
The satire surrounds its vain ruler with a sycophant at every door.
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