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Definition of Flunkyism
1. Noun. The quality or characteristics of a flunky; readiness to cringe to those who are superior in wealth or position; toadyism. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flunkyism
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flunkyism
Literary usage of Flunkyism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"This action of the English Regicides did in effect strike a damp like death
through the heart of flunkyism universally in this world. ..."
2. Carlyles' Works by Thomas Carlyle (1884)
"Whereof flunkyism, Cant, Cloth-worship, or whatever ugly name it have, has gone
about incurably sick ever since; and is now at length, in these generations, ..."
3. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1901)
"Whereof name it have, has gone about incurably sick ever flunkyism, Cant,
Cloth-Worship, or whatever ugly since ; and is now at length, ..."
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