toadyism

名词 n.
/ˈtəʊdi.ɪzəm/    /ˈtoʊdi.ɪzəm/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Sycophancy; fawning, obsequious behavior. countable,uncountable
    — The oleaginous Mike Pence, with his talent for toadyism and appetite for obsequiousness, could, Trump knew, become America’s most repulsive public figure.

词形变化

toadyisms plural

词源

Etymology tree
English toady
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *-mós
Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)
Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.
English -ism
English toadyism
From toady + -ism.
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