sycophancy
The fawning behavior of a sycophantThe fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery; fawningness.
» So much sycophancy was lavished on him that he ended up getting drunk.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery; fawningness.
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лизоблюдствоlizobljudstvo
(countable, uncountable)The tendency of a language model to produce answers that flatter or agree with a user’s beliefs or biases rather than giving accurate or truthful information, or to give strategically false answers when it infers that it is being evaluated in terms of alignment.
- fawning obsequiousness
Examples
1 sentencesSo much sycophancy was lavished on him that he ended up getting drunk.
Translations
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Origin
From Latin sȳcophantia, from Ancient Greek σῡκοφᾰντῐ́ᾱ (sūkophăntĭ́ā), equivalent to sycopFrom Latin sȳcophantia, from Ancient Greek σῡκοφᾰντῐ́ᾱ (sūkophăntĭ́ā), equivalent to sycophant + -cy.
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Forms
plural: sycophancies| Singular | sycophancy |
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Word family
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable