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Sycophancy meaning

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

Synonyms of Sycophancy

obsequiousness servility subservience

Related words

Other words often associated with Sycophancy or its synonyms:

submissiveness subsidiarity status condition

Using Sycophancy

  • The main meaning on this page is: The fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery; fawningness. | 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.
  • Useful related words include: obsequiousness, servility, subservience.
  • In the example corpus, sycophancy often appears in combinations such as: and sycophancy, of sycophancy, sycophancy and.

Context around Sycophancy

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 19.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 6 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

pathetic 1× gradually 1× unwarranted 1× revolting 1× shameless 1× pure 1×

Often after:

walls 1× comes 1×

Sentence patterns with Sycophancy

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

added revolting sycophancy by pence 1× culture of sycophancy as an 1× display of sycophancy and ego 1× gradually sycophancy walls off 1× his sycophancy was well 1× hypocrisy and sycophancy to the 1× indulgence and sycophancy of mainstream 1× of pathetic sycophancy here is 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

gradually sycophancy walls 1× he remained with 1× he then added 1× his sycophancy was 1× i ve heard 1× the level of 1×

Common sentence endings:

administration to trump 1× and ego stroking 1× around her work 1× during her speech 1× far right populism 1× here is impressive 1×

Words around Sycophancy

Just before it in the word index:

syconium 3 sycomorus 2 sycomore 3 syco 8 sychophants 2 sychla 2

Just after it in the word index:

sycophant 7 sycophantic 16 sycophants 36 sycuan 4 syd 41 sydal 33

Similar in corpus frequency:

aat 18 abenomics 18 abraxas 18 abrogating 18 absolutes 18 absorbance 18

Corpus analysis for Sycophancy

  • In this selection, "sycophancy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, pathetic, gradually, unwarranted, walls and comes stand out and add context to how "sycophancy" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include added revolting sycophancy by pence and culture of sycophancy as an. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "sycophancy" sits close to words such as aat, abenomics and abraxas, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with sycophancy

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

That was pure sycophancy. (4 words)

The level of pathetic sycophancy here is impressive. (8 words)

Gradually sycophancy walls off the self absorbed leader from realty. (10 words)

Longer example sentences

We can therefore gauge his temperature and the mood of the APC as well as the inconveniences our resolve may cause its members who erroneously see local government as their cash cow, being the reward for their hypocrisy and sycophancy to the governor. (43 words)

The White House Correspondents’ Dinner is the most glaring example of the lazy indulgence and sycophancy of mainstream political journalism, and hopefully Wolf will bring that up more than a few times during her speech. (35 words)

We’re About to Find Out If Bannonism Is a ThingThe Breitbart chairman has a chance to trade pro-Trump sycophancy for an ideologically coherent brand of far-right populism. (30 words)

Example sentences (14)

I’ve heard people in the industry debate whether she deserves all the accolades because there’s so much sycophancy around her work.

The level of pathetic sycophancy here is impressive.

We can therefore gauge his temperature and the mood of the APC as well as the inconveniences our resolve may cause its members who erroneously see local government as their cash cow, being the reward for their hypocrisy and sycophancy to the governor.

Gradually sycophancy walls off the self absorbed leader from realty.

While describing the culture of sycophancy as an albatross to good governance, Momodu said the President would do well with people who speak truth to power.

According to Mr. Baako, what the judge did is nothing short of “unwarranted sycophancy”.

He remained with the party until 2008, when he became disillusioned with the sycophancy and nepotism.

He then added, “Revolting sycophancy by Pence and others in the Administration to Trump.

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It was a shameful display of sycophancy and ego-stroking.

The most embarrassing specimen of this shameless sycophancy comes from, surprisingly, legendary (and otherwise sensible) tech reporter Kara Swisher.

That was pure sycophancy.

The White House Correspondents’ Dinner is the most glaring example of the lazy indulgence and sycophancy of mainstream political journalism, and hopefully Wolf will bring that up more than a few times during her speech.

We’re About to Find Out If Bannonism Is a ThingThe Breitbart chairman has a chance to trade pro-Trump sycophancy for an ideologically coherent brand of far-right populism.

His sycophancy was well known in the army, and he acquired the nickname 'Lakeitel', a pun on his name (in German, the word 'Lakai' means ' lackey ').

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Common combinations with sycophancy

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "sycophancy" in a sentence?
An example: "I’ve heard people in the industry debate whether she deserves all the accolades because there’s so much sycophancy around her work." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "sycophancy" from authentic English texts.
What does "sycophancy" mean?
Sycophancy means: The fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery; fawningness.
What are synonyms of "sycophancy"?
Common synonyms of "sycophancy" include: obsequiousness, servility, subservience.
How many example sentences with "sycophancy" are there?
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