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sycophants

The correct spelling is sycophants.

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noun

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The correct spelling is sycophants. One who uses obsequious compliments to gain self-serving favor or advantage from another; a servile flatterer.

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noun

  1. 1.One who uses obsequious compliments to gain self-serving favor or advantage from another; a servile flatterer.
  2. 2.One who seeks to gain through the powerful and influential.
  3. 3.An informer; a talebearer.

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