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лизоблюдство — meaning in English

lizoblyudstvo

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English meaning

  • sycophancy noun The fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery; fawningness.

Senses

лизоблюдство is used for these senses in English:

  • lickspittle (by extension) The practice of giving empty flattery for personal gain.
  • sycophancy The fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery; fawningness.
  • toadyism Sycophancy; fawning, obsequious behavior.

sycophancy — full definition

  1. noun The fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery; fawningness.
  2. noun 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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