toadyism

toadyism

English

Etymology

toady +‎ -ism

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtəʊdi.ɪzəm/

Noun

toadyism (countable and uncountable, plural toadyisms)

1. Sycophancy; fawning, obsequious behavior.
   • 2018 May 9, George F. Will, “Trump is no longer the worst person in government”, in The Washington Post‎:

     The oleaginous Mike Pence, with his talent for toadyism and appetite for obsequiousness, could, Trump knew, become America’s most repulsive public figure.

Translations

obsequious behavior

Chinese: Mandarin: 奉承 (zh) (fèngchéng), 拍馬屁 (zh), 拍马屁 (zh) (pāi mǎpì) (colloquial) Danish: please add this translation if you can Finnish: imartelu (fi), mielistely (fi) French: please add this translation if you can German: Kriechertum n, Untertänigkeit f Russian: подхалима́ж (ru) m (podxalimáž), раболе́пие (ru) n (rabolépije), лизоблюдство (ru) n (lizobljudstvo) Spanish: please add this translation if you can