Definisjon av Flattery

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Noun

flattery - excessive or insincere praise
compliment a remark (or act) expressing praise and admiration
adulation servile flattery; exaggerated and hypocritical praise
cajolery, blandishment, palaver the act of urging by means of teasing or flattery
blarney, coaxing, sweet talk, soft soap flattery designed to gain favor
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Substantiv

Flattery - Excessive praise or approval, which is often insincere and sometimes contrived to win favour.
Flattery - An instance of excessive praise.

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  • Flattery (also called adulation or blandishment) is the act of giving excessive compliments, generally for the purpose of ingratiating oneself with the subject. Historically, flattery has been used as a standard form of discourse when addressing a king or queen. In the Renaissance, it was a common practice among writers to flatter the reigning monarch, as Edmund Spenser flattered Queen Elizabeth I in The Faerie Queene, William Shakespeare flattered King James I in Macbeth and Niccolo Machiavelli flattered Lorenzo II di Piero de' Medici, ruler of Florence and Duke of Urbino, in The Prince.

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  • Flattery
    Flattery intended to persuade.

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  • Flertall: flatteries

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