flunkyism
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flunkyism — flun·ky·ism … English syllables
flunkyism — kēˌizəm, kiˌ noun ( s) : the quality or characteristics of a flunky … Useful english dictionary
flunky — flunkyism, n. /flung kee/, n., pl. flunkies. 1. a male servant in livery. 2. an assistant who does menial work. 3. a toady; yes man. Also, flunkey. [1775 85; perh. alter. of FLANKER] * * * … Universalium
Flunkeyism — (also spelled flunkyism; Korean hangŭl: 사대주의 (事大主義), romanisation: Sadae juŭi) is a term indicating toadyism, servile attitude, or worship of the powerful. The word derives from flank , being on the side, and is also associated with lackey. It is … Wikipedia
apple polishing — Synonyms and related words: ass kissing, backscratching, bootlicking, brown nosing, cringing, fawnery, fawning, flunkyism, footlicking, groveling, handshaking, ingratiation, insinuation, mealymouthedness, obeisance, obsequiousness, parasitism,… … Moby Thesaurus
back scratching — Synonyms and related words: apple polishing, ass kissing, backscratching, barter, bootlicking, brown nosing, cringing, even trade, fawnery, fawning, flunkyism, footlicking, groveling, handshaking, influence peddling, ingratiation, insinuation,… … Moby Thesaurus
fawning — Synonyms and related words: abject, adulation, adulatory, apple polishing, ass kissing, backscratching, beggarly, bland, blandishing, blandishment, blarney, blarneying, bootlicking, brown nosing, bunkum, buttery, cajolement, cajolery, cajoling,… … Moby Thesaurus
groveling — Synonyms and related words: abject, accumbent, apple polishing, ass kissing, backscratching, beggarly, bootlicking, brown nosing, couchant, couche, cowering, crawling, cringing, crouching, decumbent, draped, fawnery, fawning, flat, flattering,… … Moby Thesaurus
insinuation — Synonyms and related words: access, accusal, accusation, accusing, admission, allegation, allegement, animadversion, apple polishing, arraignment, ascendancy, ascription, aside, aspersion, ass kissing, authority, backscratching, bill of… … Moby Thesaurus
obeisance — Synonyms and related words: acceptance, acquiescence, allegiance, apple polishing, ass kissing, assent, backscratching, bend, bending the knee, bob, bootlicking, bow, bowing and scraping, brown nosing, complaisance, compliance, consent, cringing … Moby Thesaurus
