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Definition of Toadyism
1. n. The practice of meanly fawning on another; base sycophancy; servile adulation.
Definition of Toadyism
1. Noun. sycophancy, the practice or quality of a toady; fawning, obsequious behavior ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Toadyism
1. toadyish behavior [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Toadyism
Literary usage of Toadyism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Autobiography and Personal Recollections of John B. Gough: With Twenty-six by John Bartholomew Gough (1870)
"Society in Great Britain—toadyism—The Nobility—The State Dinner —Aristocracy of
Blood—Aristocracy of Wealth—Temptations Incident to these Classes—Social ..."
2. Works by Washington Irving (1897)
"... of a Boarding-House—Transformations of a Leg of Mutton—The Mock Ghost— Sketches
of Scotland—Trials of toadyism—A Poet's Purse for a Continental Tour. ..."
3. Three Years Among the Working-classes in the United States During the War by James Dawson Burn (1865)
"... Boarding System—Instability of the Relations between Employers and Employed—Spasmodic
toadyism of the Mass— Rise of the Codfish and Shoddy Aristocracy. ..."
4. Three Years Among the Working-classes in the United States During the War by James Dawson Burn (1865)
"... Boarding System—Instability of the Relations between Employers and Employed—Spasmodic
toadyism of the Mass— Rise of the Codfish and Shoddy Aristocracy. ..."
5. Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography by Washington Irving (1870)
"Trials of toadyism.—A Poet's Purse for a Continental Tour. NEW consultation was
held among Goldsmith's friends as to his future course, ..."
6. Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography by Washington Irving (1897)
"... of a Boarding-House—Transformations of a Leg of Mutton—The Mock Ghost- Sketches
of Scotland—Trials of toadyism—A Poet's Purse for a Continental Tour. ..."
7. Marriage and Race Death: The Foundations of an Intelligent System of Marriage by Morrison Isaac Swift (1906)
"toadyism OF THE AMERICAN BRAIN. This chapter could be filled with endless proofs
of American toadying. As a brain index we may inspect the people licking ..."
8. Ethics of Literature by John A. Kersey (1894)
"... and Immortality Conclusively Proved by Reasoning of Lucretius and Socrates—Insuperable
Antinomy—Disgusting Allusions of Philosophers— Literary toadyism. ..."
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