Definisjon av flattery

Vi fant 5 definisjoner av flattery på engelsk.

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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.

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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