mutual admiration society

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mutual admiration society

noun mutual admiration societies

  1. derogatory, idiomatic A group of two or more people, in a workplace or other social environment, who routinely express considerable esteem and support for one another, sometimes to the point of exaggeration or pretense. Those two are incessantly flattering one another. They've formed an utterly nauseating mutual admiration society!

    Similar: circle jerk, echo chamber, filter bubble, hugbox

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@misc{mutual_admiration_society_2026,
  title = {mutual admiration society},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mutual%20admiration%20society},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}