Definition of Ingratiation

1. Noun. The act of gaining acceptance or affection for yourself by persuasive and subtle blandishments. "She refused to use insinuation in order to gain favor"

Exact synonyms: Insinuation
Generic synonyms: Blandishment, Wheedling

Definition of Ingratiation

1. Noun. the state of being ingratiated ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ingratiation

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ingratiation

ingrains
ingram
ingrapple
ingrappled
ingrapples
ingrappling
ingrate
ingrateful
ingrately
ingrates
ingratiate
ingratiated
ingratiates
ingratiating
ingratiatingly
ingratiation
ingratiations
ingratiatory
ingratitude
ingratitudes
ingrave
ingravescent
ingravidation
ingredient
ingredients
ingress
ingressed
ingresses
ingressing
ingression

Literary usage of Ingratiation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of the Decisions of the Judges for the Trial of Election Petitions by Edward Loughlin O'Malley, Henry Hardcastle, John Satterfield Sandars, Alfred Percival Perceval Keep, Herman Cohen, Great Britain High Court of Justice, Great Britain High Court of Justice. Election Petition Judges (1870)
"... would refer to general ingratiation, ' or for being elected,' which seems only to be an echo of the former sentence, ' or for the purpose of corruptly ..."

2. Reports of All the Cases Decided by All the Superior Courts Relating to by Edward William Cox, Great BRitain Magistrates' cases (1871)
"... for any person in order to be elected," which would refer to a general ingratiation, " or for being elected," which seems only to be an echo of the ..."

3. Kant's Kritik of Judgment by Immanuel Kant (1892)
"... even a religious discourse,1 which recommends a cringing, abject seeking of favour and ingratiation of ourselves, which proposes the abandonment of all ..."

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