people pleaser

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people pleaser

noun people pleasers · people-pleaser

  1. informal An obsequious, subservient person, especially in a workplace.

    Similar: adulator, apple polisher, arse-kisser, arse-licker, ass-kisser, ass-licker, bootlick, bootlicker, buttkisser, buttlicker, brown-nose, brown-noser

  2. informal Someone who prioritizes serving others over their own desires. Her wedding gives her fans the satisfying narrative conclusion that they desire. Or which, in the case of the fandom’s more lunatic fringes, they believe that they are entitled to. Hey, she’s a people pleaser.

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@misc{people_pleaser_2026,
  title = {people pleaser},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/people%20pleaser},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}