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sycophantry (s) (noun), sycophantries (pl)
Self serving and excessive praise that is intended to get a person something that is desired: "The colonel of the military unit was not fooled by the sycophantry being used by the captain to get a higher rank."
This entry is located in the following units: phant-, phanta-, phas-; -phasic, -phant (page 5) syco- (page 2)