0 Someone who is sycophantic praises people in authority in a way that is not sincere, especially in order to get an advantage for themselves. -- льстивый, подхалимский
The author has produced a sophisticated assessment which is sympathetic but not sycophantic, critical on occasion but not iconoclastic.
Even allowing a healthy margin for sycophantic exaggeration, the effect of such eulogy is impressive.
Two of these three pieces unquestionably contain allegory, but there is nothing covert or subversive about it; they amount to royalist propaganda on the sycophantic model.
Whilst the commentaries do include a few accolades boarding on the sycophantic, the commentators do not shy away from taking issue (very politely) with points made in the chapter.
The interview format lends itself to a tone that, if not exactly sycophantic, certainly falls short of the level of critical engagement expected of an academic work.
However, he spoilt it all by doing the usual bit at the end, showing how sycophantic he is.
They have gradually been removing the democratically elected representatives on boards, replacing them with their own sycophantic appointees and lackeys.
Indeed, it would be no service to either the school or the person being appraised to have a sycophantic, nepotistic appraisal of that person.
