"sycophancy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sycophancies [plural]
Etymology: From sycophant + -cy. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|sycophant|cy}} sycophant + -cy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} sycophancy (countable and uncountable, plural sycophancies)
  1. The fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery; fawningness. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery): подлизурство (podlizurstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), sicofància [feminine] (Catalan), 阿諛奉承 (Chinese Mandarin), 阿谀奉承 (ēyúfèngchéng) (Chinese Mandarin), podlézavost [feminine] (Czech), patolízalství [neuter] (Czech), pluimstrijkerij (Dutch), vleierij (Dutch), flagornerie [feminine] (French), flatterie [feminine] (French), lèche-culterie [feminine] (French), cirage de pompes [masculine] (French), servilismo [masculine] (Italian), sicofantia [feminine] (Italian), おべっか (obekka) (Japanese), жағымпаздық (jağympazdyq) (Kazakh), жарамсақтық (jaramsaqtyq) (Kazakh), 사대주의 (sadaejuui) (Korean), تملق (tamalloq) (Persian), лизоблюдство (lizobljudstvo) [neuter] (Russian)

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