adulation
English
editEtymology
editFrom French adulation, from Latin adulātio (“flattery”).
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌædʒʊˈleɪʃən/, /ˌædjʊˈleɪʃən/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌæd͡ʒəˈleɪʃən/
Audio (UK): (file) Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
editadulation (countable and uncountable, plural adulations)
- Flattery; fulsome praise.
- He was uncomfortable with the adulation from his fans.
- 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter III, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
- Now all this was very fine, but not at all in keeping with the Celebrity's character as I had come to conceive it. The idea that adulation ever cloyed on him was ludicrous in itself. In fact I thought the whole story fishy, and came very near to saying so.
- 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 1”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:
- It is still possible to discuss his place in art, and the adulation of his admirers is perhaps no less capricious than the disparagement of his detractors; [...]
Synonyms
edit- See also Thesaurus:flattery
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editTranslations
editFlattery; fulsome praise
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editFrench
editEtymology
editFrom Latin adulātiōnem (“flattery”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editadulation f (plural adulations)
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editFurther reading
edit- “adulation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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