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Recent Examples of sycophantic
Already, and despite its shortfalls such as hallucinations – when chatbots make up inexistent facts, and sycophantic behavior – when the bot gives a particular answer to elicit the user’s approval, AI has been shown to outperform CEO’s on a range of tasks.
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Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Research conclusively shows that sycophantic AI behavior undermines trust and meaningful interaction.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Their allies were sycophantic, and their natural opponents—especially the French—were submissive.
—Martin Sandbu, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2017
Guillermo has gone from a sycophantic servant, dreaming of the day his master would turn him into a mythical creature of the night, to an out-and-proud vampire hunter who lives alongside his former lieges.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2024
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Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Research conclusively shows that sycophantic AI behavior undermines trust and meaningful interaction.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Their allies were sycophantic, and their natural opponents—especially the French—were submissive.
—Martin Sandbu, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2017
Guillermo has gone from a sycophantic servant, dreaming of the day his master would turn him into a mythical creature of the night, to an out-and-proud vampire hunter who lives alongside his former lieges.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sycophantic
Adjective
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Listen to this article Mayor Michelle Wu, just a week after what her obsequious supporters hailed as a virtuoso performance before a hostile congressional oversight panel, finds herself suddenly under a harsh federal microscope.—
Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
15 Mar. 2025
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Many, if not most, of these figures earned Trump’s loyalty by using their platforms to be obsequious stewards of MAGA—in effect, creating a quasi–state media.—
Ali Breland,
The Atlantic,
28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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So Alex dons a uniform, buses tables and engages in servile labor for the first time in her life.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
23 Mar. 2025
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Trump’s servile devotion to Putin becomes the new norm overnight as Republicans cower in support of Trump’s new Putin policy.—
Bob Kustra,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Stalin willed into being socialist realism, a hagiographic style that crept into art forms like music and painting.—
Joshua Yaffa,
The New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2025
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This is the same notion that makes this more of a hagiographic portrait than a truly thoughtful biographical film.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
8 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The secret in the biscuits is the pairing of cheddar with bacon, with the overall result being worshipful thanks from those who are lucky enough to partake.—
Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
20 Feb. 2025
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Her chef and housekeeper, Bruna (Alba Rohrwacher), is timid and worshipful but able to take quietly decisive action when necessary.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
25 Nov. 2024
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“Sycophantic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sycophantic. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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