adulation
pronunciation
How to pronounce adulation in British English:
UK [ˌædjuˈleɪʃn]
How to pronounce adulation in American English:
US [ˌædʒəˈleɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- servile flattery; exaggerated and hypocritical praise
Word Origin
- adulation (n.)
- late 14c., "insincere praise," from Old French adulacion, from Latin adulationem (nominative adulatio) "a fawning; flattery, cringing courtesy," noun of action from past participle stem of aduliari "to flatter," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + ulos "tail," from PIE *ul- "the tail" (cognates: Sanskrit valah "tail," Lithuanian valai "horsehair of the tail"). The original notion is "to wag the tail" like a fawning dog (compare Greek sainein "to wag the tail," also "to flatter;" see also wheedle).
Example
- 1. Adulation , for the man who has everything
- 2. But despite all this adulation for handel 's music , the operas remained untouched for 180 years after his death .
- 3. That would mean a bit less fawning adulation for gates and buffett and a bit more old-fashioned scepticism .
- 4. But despite the public adulation , scientists still have their doubts about his theory .
- 5. He has witnessed the effect of the endless scrutiny , the criticism and the adulation first-hand .