Definition of Toadyism

1. n. The practice of meanly fawning on another; base sycophancy; servile adulation.

Definition of Toadyism

1. Noun. sycophancy, the practice or quality of a toady; fawning, obsequious behavior ¹

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Definition of Toadyism

1. toadyish behavior [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Toadyism

toadrush
toads
toads in the hole
toadshade
toadskin
toadskins
toadsticker
toadstickers
toadstone
toadstones
toadstool
toadstools
toadying
toadyish
toadyism (current term)
toadyisms
toast
toast mistress
toast of the town
toast rack
toast racks
toastable
toastcrumb
toasted
toasted shins
toaster
toaster oven
toasterlike
toasters

Literary usage of Toadyism

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

1. Autobiography and Personal Recollections of John B. Gough: With Twenty-six by John Bartholomew Gough (1870)
"Society in Great Britain—toadyism—The Nobility—The State Dinner —Aristocracy of Blood—Aristocracy of Wealth—Temptations Incident to these Classes—Social ..."

2. Works by Washington Irving (1897)
"... of a Boarding-House—Transformations of a Leg of Mutton—The Mock Ghost— Sketches of Scotland—Trials of toadyism—A Poet's Purse for a Continental Tour. ..."

3. Three Years Among the Working-classes in the United States During the War by James Dawson Burn (1865)
"... Boarding System—Instability of the Relations between Employers and Employed—Spasmodic toadyism of the Mass— Rise of the Codfish and Shoddy Aristocracy. ..."

4. Three Years Among the Working-classes in the United States During the War by James Dawson Burn (1865)
"... Boarding System—Instability of the Relations between Employers and Employed—Spasmodic toadyism of the Mass— Rise of the Codfish and Shoddy Aristocracy. ..."

5. Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography by Washington Irving (1870)
"Trials of toadyism.—A Poet's Purse for a Continental Tour. NEW consultation was held among Goldsmith's friends as to his future course, ..."

6. Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography by Washington Irving (1897)
"... of a Boarding-House—Transformations of a Leg of Mutton—The Mock Ghost- Sketches of Scotland—Trials of toadyism—A Poet's Purse for a Continental Tour. ..."

7. Marriage and Race Death: The Foundations of an Intelligent System of Marriage by Morrison Isaac Swift (1906)
"toadyism OF THE AMERICAN BRAIN. This chapter could be filled with endless proofs of American toadying. As a brain index we may inspect the people licking ..."

8. Ethics of Literature by John A. Kersey (1894)
"... and Immortality Conclusively Proved by Reasoning of Lucretius and Socrates—Insuperable Antinomy—Disgusting Allusions of Philosophers— Literary toadyism. ..."

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