sycophantism

[Eng.sycophant, s.; -ism.] The practices or manners of a sycophant; sycophancy. "Servile sycophantism and artful bigotry." - Kпох ; Spirit of Despotism , § 9. sc-ô-phănt-ize, v. i. [Eng. sycophant; -ize.] To play the sycophant. "To sycophantize is to play the sycophant, or slander, or accuse falsely, to deal deceitfully." -Blount; Glo ographia. *sỹc-ô-phănt-ry, s . [English sycophant; -ry.] Mean or officious tale-bearing or adulation; sycophancy. "The attempts of envy, of treachery, of flattery, of sycophantry, of avarice, to which his condition is obnox ious."- Barrow : Sermons , vol. iii., ser. 21.