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1. Someone who tries to please another person in order to gain a personal advantage: Julie was a sycophant who flattered her brother so he would loan her his car.
2. A person who attempts to win favor by overly praising influential people; especially, those who are famous or rich: There are sycophants who will say wonderful things to others who are their superiors so they can promote themselves towards greater success in their careers or desires.
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2. A person who attempts to win favor by overly praising influential people; especially, those who are famous or rich: There are sycophants who will say wonderful things to others who are their superiors so they can promote themselves towards greater success in their careers or desires.
Since a sycophant is defined as someone who wants to win favor or advance himself or herself by flattering people in high positions; such a person is also referred to as: "a bootlicker, a flunky, a fawner, an apple polisher, a backslapper, or a toady."
3. Etymology: from Greek sykophantesand from Latin sycophanta, "servile flattery."Go to this Word A Day Revisited Index
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phant-, phanta-, phas-; -phasic, -phant
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syco-
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“sycophant”
Someone who uses excessive praise or flattery with another person in order to gain an advantage or to obtain some desired personal objective from him or her. (3)
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