"adulation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌædʒʊˈleɪʃən/ [UK], /ˌædjʊˈleɪʃən/ [UK], /ˌæd͡ʒəˈleɪʃən/ [US] Audio: En-uk-adulation.ogg , En-us-adulation.ogg Forms: adulations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From French adulation, from Latin adulātio (“flattery”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|adulation}} French adulation, {{uder|en|la|adulātio||flattery}} Latin adulātio (“flattery”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} adulation (countable and uncountable, plural adulations)
  1. Flattery; fulsome praise. Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: adulate, adulator, adulatory, admiration, adoration Translations (Flattery; fulsome praise): تَمَلُّق (tamalluq) [masculine] (Arabic), مَلَق (malaq) (Arabic), ласкателство (laskatelstvo) (Bulgarian), adulació [feminine] (Catalan), 奉承 (fèngchéng) (Chinese Mandarin), 吹捧 (chuīpěng) (Chinese Mandarin), 諂媚 (Chinese Mandarin), 谄媚 (chǎnmèi) (Chinese Mandarin), pochlebování [neuter] (Czech), vychvalování [neuter] (Czech), smigreri [neuter] (Danish), mielistely (Finnish), imartelu (Finnish), adulation [feminine] (French), Lobhudelei [feminine] (German), Vergötterung [feminine] (German), hízelgés (Hungarian), puji-pujian (Indonesian), puja-pujaan (Indonesian), pujian (Indonesian), pujaan (Indonesian), adulazione [feminine] (Italian), adulātio [feminine] (Latin), enenga (Maori), grov smiger (Norwegian), smisking [common-gender] (Norwegian), adulação [feminine] (Portuguese), adulaziôn [feminine] (Romagnol), ле́сть (léstʹ) [feminine] (Russian), подхали́мство (podxalímstvo) [neuter] (Russian), kryperi [neuter] (Swedish), rövslickeri [neuter] (Swedish)

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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Flattery; fulsome praise",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "adulação"
    },
    {
      "code": "rgn",
      "lang": "Romagnol",
      "sense": "Flattery; fulsome praise",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "adulaziôn"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "léstʹ",
      "sense": "Flattery; fulsome praise",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ле́сть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podxalímstvo",
      "sense": "Flattery; fulsome praise",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "подхали́мство"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Flattery; fulsome praise",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kryperi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Flattery; fulsome praise",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "rövslickeri"
    }
  ],
  "word": "adulation"
}

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