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Definitions of sycophant in various dictionaries:
noun - a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
A servile self-seeker who attempts to win favor by flattering influential people.
SYCOPHANT - Sycophant was a term used in the legal system of Classic Athens but in modern English it refers to someone practicing sycophancy i.e. obedient flatte...
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| Under "S":A servile flatterer or fawning parasite |
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Sycophant was a term used in the legal system of Classic Athens but in modern English it refers to someone practicing sycophancy i.e. obedient flattery. * The word sycophant has its origin in the legal system of Classical Athens. Having no police force and only a limited number of officially appointed public prosecutors, most legal cases of the time were brought by private litigants. By the fifth century BC, however, this practice had given rise to abuse by litigants who brought unjustified prosecutions. Such a litigant was called a "sycophant". The word retains the same meaning in Modern Greek, i.e. "slanderer", and French, in which it also can mean "informer"; but in modern English, the meaning of the word has shifted to that of an "insincere flatterer" (see sycophancy).* |
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