Definition of Flunkyism

1. Noun. The quality or characteristics of a flunky; readiness to cringe to those who are superior in wealth or position; toadyism. ¹

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Definition of Flunkyism

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flunkyism

flunked
flunkee
flunkees
flunker
flunkers
flunkey
flunkeydom
flunkeys
flunkie
flunkies
flunking
flunkout
flunks
flunky
flunkydom
flunkyism (current term)
flunkyisms
flunoxaprofen
fluo-
fluoborate
fluoborates
fluoboric
fluoboric acid
fluoboride
fluoborides
fluoborite
fluocerite
fluocinolone
fluocinolone acetonide
fluocinolones

Literary usage of Flunkyism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"This action of the English Regicides did in effect strike a damp like death through the heart of flunkyism universally in this world. ..."

2. Carlyles' Works by Thomas Carlyle (1884)
"Whereof flunkyism, Cant, Cloth-worship, or whatever ugly name it have, has gone about incurably sick ever since; and is now at length, in these generations, ..."

3. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1901)
"Whereof name it have, has gone about incurably sick ever flunkyism, Cant, Cloth-Worship, or whatever ugly since ; and is now at length, ..."

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