sycophancy
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sycophancy
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From Latin sȳcophantia, from Ancient Greek σῡκοφᾰντῐ́ᾱ (sūkophăntĭ́ā), equivalent to sycophant + -cy.
noun sycophancies
- The fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery; fawningness. I have always been taken aback at the high number of people in whom an astonishingly high income led to additional sycophancy as they became more dependent on their clients and employers and more addicted to making even more money.
- The tendency of a language model to produce answers that flatter or agree with a user’s beliefs or biases rather than giving accurate or truthful information, or to give strategically false answers when it infers that it is being evaluated in terms of alignment.
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noun fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery
| 한국어 | 사대주의 sadaejuui |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | おべっか obekka |
| 中文 | 阿諛奉承 /阿谀奉承 ēyúfèngchéng |
| Français | flagornerie, flatterie, lèche-culterie, cirage de pompes |
| Deutsch | Speichelleckerei |
| Italiano | servilismo, sicofantia |
| Русский | лизоблюдство lizobljudstvo |
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title = {sycophancy},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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