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Recent Examples of sycophancy
TikTok's masterclass in sycophancy is an excellent example of what dealmaking in the Trump era looks like in practice.
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Felix Salmon, Axios, 21 Jan. 2025
Their approach vacillates between resentful disdain or pandering sycophancy, both of which continually backfire on them.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
A certain amount of sycophancy toward the more bizarre elements of the coalition is also common.
—Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 25 Nov. 2024
Other tests showed that models can show what’s called a sycophancy bias — the tendency of an LLM to backpedal on a correct answer to please the user.
—Stephen Ornes, Quanta Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
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Felix Salmon, Axios, 21 Jan. 2025
Their approach vacillates between resentful disdain or pandering sycophancy, both of which continually backfire on them.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
A certain amount of sycophancy toward the more bizarre elements of the coalition is also common.
—Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 25 Nov. 2024
Other tests showed that models can show what’s called a sycophancy bias — the tendency of an LLM to backpedal on a correct answer to please the user.
—Stephen Ornes, Quanta Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sycophancy
Noun
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The outpouring from fans this week shows the ongoing adoration around the late singer.—
Nicole Acevedo,
NBC news,
29 Mar. 2025
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The touching display of affection between the dachshunds quickly captured the attention of Instagram users, who flooded the comments with adoration.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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While the church itself is small, the views from the hilltop around the place of worship spread out for miles.—
Carolyn Heller,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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The groups sought a preliminary order barring ICE staff from various places of worship while the full lawsuit went ahead.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Apr. 2025
Noun
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But as a Christian, the bigger threat in the U.S. now seems to be Evangelical idolatry—this tendency of many Christians to turn a political candidate into an idol, particularly one who has proven himself so thoroughly unfit as Donald Trump.—
Donovan McAbee,
TIME,
28 Oct. 2024
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People begin drifting to certain games or consoles, staring intently at a wall of idolatry.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2024
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“Sycophancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sycophancy. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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