flunkyism

English

Etymology

flunky +‎ -ism

Noun

flunkyism (countable and uncountable, plural flunkyisms)

  1. The quality or characteristics of a flunky; readiness to cringe to those who are superior in wealth or position; toadyism.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for flunkyism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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