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toadyism

NOUN
flattery
Synonyms
STRONG
adulation applause approbation blandishment blarney cajolery commendation encomium eulogy eyewash flummery fulsomeness gallantry hokum ingratiation jive mush obsequiousness palaver plaudits puffery snow stroking sycophancy tribute truckling unctuousness
WEAK
bootlicking fawning flattering honeyed words laud pretty speech snow job soft words soft-soap sweet-talk
Antonyms
STRONG
blame criticism
WEAK
belittlement castigation condemnation denunciation insult
NOUN
sycophancy
Synonyms
STRONG
adulation blandishment fawning flattery laudation magnification obsequiousness wheedling

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Toadyism, organised:—base Man-and-Mammon worship, instituted by command of law:—Snobbishness, in a word, perpetuated,—and mark the phenomenon calmly.

From The Book of Snobs by Thackeray, William Makepeace