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sycophancy in Dutch

sycophancy in Dutch is pluimstrijkerij, vleierij — sycophancy means behaviour that flatters people excessively in order to gain favour.

sycophancy in Dutch

pluimstrijkerij
noun
The fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery; fawningness.
vleierij
noun
The fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery; fawningness.

What does "sycophancy" mean?

  1. noun Behaviour that flatters people excessively in order to gain favour.
    "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."
  2. noun A tendency in AI language models to give answers that agree with or please the user instead of being accurate, including giving false answers when it senses it is being tested.
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sycophancy in a sentence

  • 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.

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What is "sycophancy" in Dutch?
"sycophancy" in Dutch is pluimstrijkerij, vleierij. sycophancy means: Behaviour that flatters people excessively in order to gain favour.
Are there other ways to say "sycophancy" in Dutch?
Yes — Dutch has 2 translations listed for "sycophancy": pluimstrijkerij, vleierij.
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