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"sense": "fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery",
"word": "阿諛奉承"
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"roman": "ēyúfèngchéng",
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"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "jağympazdyq",
"sense": "fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery",
"word": "жағымпаздық"
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"word": "жарамсақтық"
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"word": "사대주의"
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"roman": "tamalloq",
"sense": "fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery",
"word": "تملق"
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"word": "лизоблюдство"
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"sense": "fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery",
"tags": [
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"word": "sicofància"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery",
"word": "阿諛奉承"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "ēyúfèngchéng",
"sense": "fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery",
"word": "阿谀奉承"
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery",
"tags": [
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"word": "podlézavost"
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery",
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"word": "patolízalství"
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery",
"word": "pluimstrijkerij"
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery",
"word": "vleierij"
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"sense": "fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery",
"tags": [
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"word": "flagornerie"
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"sense": "fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery",
"tags": [
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"word": "flatterie"
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"sense": "fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery",
"tags": [
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"word": "lèche-culterie"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "cirage de pompes"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "servilismo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sicofantia"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "obekka",
"sense": "fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery",
"word": "おべっか"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "jağympazdyq",
"sense": "fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery",
"word": "жағымпаздық"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "jaramsaqtyq",
"sense": "fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery",
"word": "жарамсақтық"
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{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sadaejuui",
"sense": "fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery",
"word": "사대주의"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "tamalloq",
"sense": "fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery",
"word": "تملق"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lizobljudstvo",
"sense": "fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "лизоблюдство"
}
],
"word": "sycophancy"
}
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