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Recent Examples of sycophantic
After all, humans often communicate with each other in sycophantic ways.
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Cody Turner, The Conversation, 1 May 2026
While chatbots often take on an affirming tone with users, several of the lawsuits point to a controversial model called GPT‑4o that was known for being especially sycophantic.
—Lauren Fichten, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
Tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT have long garnered a reputation for being ludicrously sycophantic.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 15 Apr. 2026
The researchers also found that humans who interacted with a sycophantic chatbot were less likely to apologize or take steps to make amends.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 5 Apr. 2026
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Cody Turner, The Conversation, 1 May 2026
While chatbots often take on an affirming tone with users, several of the lawsuits point to a controversial model called GPT‑4o that was known for being especially sycophantic.
—Lauren Fichten, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
Tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT have long garnered a reputation for being ludicrously sycophantic.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 15 Apr. 2026
The researchers also found that humans who interacted with a sycophantic chatbot were less likely to apologize or take steps to make amends.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 5 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sycophantic
Adjective
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The darkest thread, meanwhile, is the obsequious reverence for Epstein.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
17 Nov. 2025
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What the obsequious emails to Epstein seem to illustrate is that many people with influence were willing to overlook his crimes, horrific behavior, and witless observations as long as there was something in it for them.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
14 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Of course, all of this convenient acquiescence will sound familiar in the United States, where our own Congress and Department of Justice have been nothing if not servile to a brazenly corrupt executive.—
Daniel Alarcón,
New Yorker,
4 June 2026
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ChatGPT’s tendency to engage in endlessly servile conversation heightens the potential for danger.—
Lila Shroff,
The Atlantic,
24 July 2025
Adjective
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While these celebrity docs are hagiographic and formulaic, the interviews with Nadal and family and rivals like Federer and Novak Djokovic do push beyond the surface.—
Stuart Miller,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
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The Gracious Visionary is a rather hagiographic film title for one’s life and work.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
22 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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After a while, though, all the professions of sincerity and thanks, the constant invocations of the one true POTUS, and the worshipful exhibits upstairs give the whole place a cultish, nostalgic gleam.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
4 June 2026
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In a telling sample of his quotes collected for his obituary in The New York Times, Reed could be both worshipful and scathing.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
12 May 2026
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“Sycophantic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sycophantic. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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