Sycophancy

Sycophancy towards the Radical Right makes very strange bedfellows.

View from the Northern Border Michael Evans 2006

(Sycophancy has been such a deep-rooted cultural malaise in the Congress Party that it could be compared to the worst personality cults of authoritarian and despotic regimes.)

Mail Call: Prince, Not Leader 2007

Sycophancy taken to the next level, until next week of course, when another "exclusive" interview with GB is due.

Labour Profit From Blanket Media Coverage 2007

Sycophancy was the quickest way to be excommunicated from the inner circle.

Foul Lines Jack McCallum 2006

Sycophancy was the quickest way to be excommunicated from the inner circle.

Foul Lines Jack McCallum 2006

Sycophancy is tolerated here, but lying may get you banned.

The Skeptic paper online - The Panda's Thumb 2005

Sycophancy cheapens discourse and corrodes excellence in the Aristotelean sense of the term.

The Chimes at Midnight 2005

I'd settled into this bizarre new mode encouraged by my Friendster addiction, an unlikely trinity of Narcissism, Sycophancy and Voyeurism ....

Boing Boing: April 27, 2003 - May 3, 2003 Archives 2003

Sycophancy was as acceptable as real regard, since each catered to his vanity.

The Lady Doc Caroline Lockhart 1916

Sycophancy, meanness, and hypocrisy were resorted to by the statesmen of the age, who generally sought their own interests rather than the welfare of the nation.

A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges John Lord 1852