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Definitions for toadyism

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

toad•yˈtoʊ di(n.)(pl.)toad•ies

  1. (n.)an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.

  2. (v.i.)to be a toady.

Origin of toady:

1820–30; toad (eater ) + -y2

toad′y•ism(n.)

Wiktionary

  1. toadyism(Noun)

    sycophancy, the practice or quality of a toady; fawning, obsequious behavior

    2. Origin: toady + -ism

Webster Dictionary

  1. Toadyism(noun)

    the practice of meanly fawning on another; base sycophancy; servile adulation

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