sycophantic
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As the industry has grown, so has the tension with traditional therapists who worry these tools are too sycophantic to truly help people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
And this is a problem, given that large-language models might, at this point, be best known for being sycophantic flattery machines.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026
Sticking to largely sycophantic media who lobbed softball questions hardened his ceiling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
"Excruciating", "sycophantic" and "cringeworthy" are the words being used to describe some of them.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
A constant stream of diners comes to their table to shake Werner’s and Frederick’s hands and ask Frederick’s mother in low sycophantic voices about her husband’s latest advancement.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
Vocabulary lists containing sycophantic
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