Definitions
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- noun the state of being
ingratiated
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of gaining acceptance or affection for yourself by persuasive and subtle blandishments
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Examples
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This kind of honor, also known as ingratiation, is gained by improving America's poll numbers in global opinion surveys.
American Honor 2008
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This kind of honor, also known as ingratiation, is gained by improving America's poll numbers in global opinion surveys.
American Honor 2008
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They also were more likely to engage in political behaviors such as ingratiation, self-promotion and doing favors.
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They also were more likely to engage in political behaviors such as ingratiation, self-promotion and doing favors.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Prof. Bhagwati, charitably, but grossly understates the relationship between Ethiopia's dictator and Stiglitz-Sachs as ingratiation.
Alemayehu G. Mariam: Lessons From Columbia U. Alemayehu G. Mariam 2010
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Prof. Bhagwati, charitably, but grossly understates the relationship between Ethiopia's dictator and Stiglitz-Sachs as ingratiation.
Alemayehu G. Mariam: Lessons From Columbia U. Alemayehu G. Mariam 2010
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Saskia Wickham conveys the strain of preserving the marital facade and there is a peach of a performance from Graham Seed as a sly blackmailer who veers between ingratiation and menace.
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And Boswell, for his part, abandons ingratiation to protest at being insulted in front of common enemies.
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A narcissist can appear quite innocent because she has so mastered the technique of ingratiation, so much so that she can make you feel that you have somehow committed a terrible injustice by denying her X or Y or Z as she positions herself as the victim.
Judith Acosta, LISW, CHT: Nice But Not Good: The Art of Spotting Narcissists Judith Acosta 2010
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A narcissist can appear quite innocent because she has so mastered the technique of ingratiation, so much so that she can make you feel that you have somehow committed a terrible injustice by denying her X or Y or Z as she positions herself as the victim.
Judith Acosta, LISW, CHT: Nice But Not Good: The Art of Spotting Narcissists Judith Acosta 2010
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