mutual admiration society
A group of two or more people, in a workplace or other social environment, who…A group of two or more people, in a workplace or other social environment, who routinely express considerable esteem and support for one another, sometimes to the point of exaggeration or pretense.
Meaning
1 senses(derogatory, idiomatic)A group of two or more people, in a workplace or other social environment, who routinely express considerable esteem and support for one another, sometimes to the point of exaggeration or pretense.
Those two are incessantly flattering one another. They've formed an utterly nauseating mutual admiration society!
Kreis gegenseitiger Bewunderung, Club gegenseitiger Bewunderung
о́бщество взаимного восхищенияóbščestvo vzaimnovo vosxiščenija
Translations
3 languagesForms
plural: mutual admiration societies| Singular | mutual admiration society |
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See also
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