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Recent Examples of sycophantic
Sean Hannity's sycophantic Fox News interview with Trump in 2020 was worse than not doing one at all.
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Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 3 Feb. 2026
Another similar assumption is that since LLMs are tuned by AI makers to be sycophantic, the AI might computationally be gauging that the best way to make the user feel good is by going along with a delusion-crafting chat.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Chatbots can often be sycophantic or agree with users’ viewpoints to a fault.
—Jared Perlo, NBC news, 23 Jan. 2026
The magic of the series comes in the complete buy-in of the contestants as well as Davies and Horne (Horne's character is a meek, annoying and sycophantic version of himself).
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 22 Jan. 2026
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Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 3 Feb. 2026
Another similar assumption is that since LLMs are tuned by AI makers to be sycophantic, the AI might computationally be gauging that the best way to make the user feel good is by going along with a delusion-crafting chat.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Chatbots can often be sycophantic or agree with users’ viewpoints to a fault.
—Jared Perlo, NBC news, 23 Jan. 2026
The magic of the series comes in the complete buy-in of the contestants as well as Davies and Horne (Horne's character is a meek, annoying and sycophantic version of himself).
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 22 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sycophantic
Adjective
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Specific versions of ChatGPT have been singled out as being especially obsequious, and extreme cases have led to breaks with reality and explosions of violence.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
11 Mar. 2026
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In fact, the obsequious Barack Obama and the hapless Joe Biden helped Iran by sending in plane loads of cash to the murdering mullahs in exchange for nothing.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
7 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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That this man’s-man tough guy becomes utterly servile in the presence of a bunch of slack-casual bazillionaires is the cherry on top of the fascist sundae.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2026
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Julia was the first weekly TV series that starred a Black woman in a role that wasn't servile.—
Starr Rocque,
PEOPLE,
3 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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That’s a little too hagiographic, even for this finale era of The Late Show.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2026
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What historians and theologians know about Francis comes primarily from his own writings and hagiographic texts.—
Vanessa Corcoran,
The Conversation,
2 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Essentially worshipful in its view of Lee, the movie never acknowledges that one person drawing so much unbridled admiration is more than a little creepy.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
25 Dec. 2025
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But while his adoration does have an erotic edge to it (see: The Shape of Water), on the whole, his affection for the misshapen and the outcast among us is more worshipful than overtly lusty.—
Katie Rife,
Vulture,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Sycophantic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sycophantic. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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