toadyism

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toadyism

/ˈtəʊdi.ɪzəm/ UK
/ˈtoʊdi.ɪzəm/ US

noun toadyisms

countable, uncountable Sycophancy; fawning, obsequious behavior. The oleaginous Mike Pence, with his talent for toadyism and appetite for obsequiousness, could, Trump knew, become America’s most repulsive public figure.

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noun obsequious behavior

中文	奉承 fèngchéng, 拍馬屁 /拍马屁 pāi mǎpì
Français	flagornerie
Deutsch	Kriechertum, Untertänigkeit
Русский	подхалима́ж podxalimáž, раболе́пие rabolépije, лизоблюдство lizobljudstvo

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@misc{toadyism_2026,
  title = {toadyism},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/toadyism},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}