Wednesday Word: Can you identify a sycophant?

This happens often in the workplace where the suck-ups promote themselves unceasingly to impress the boss.

April 24, 2019

Lauren Beukes Less than a minute

Sycophant is a fancy word to describe a person who tries to win favour over an important or authoritative figure. They are also known as brown nosers or suck-ups.

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Being a supporter may sometimes be mistaken as a sycophant but there are characteristics. According to www.psychologytoday.com they are:

Opinion conformity: The sycophant will imitate your tastes so they can have something in common.

Self-promotion: “This happens often in the workplace where the suck-ups promote themselves unceasingly to impress the boss”

Kiss up, kick down: A toxic sycophant or brown nose people with higher status will abuse the people they believe who have less power and status than they do.