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sycophancy.

The fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery; fawningness.

10 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. The fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery; fawningness.

    countable · uncountable
  2. The tendency of a language model to produce answers that flatter or agree with a user’s beliefs or biases rather than giving accurate or truthful information, or to give strategically false answers when it infers that it is being evaluated in terms of alignment.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Latin sȳcophantia, from Ancient Greek σῡκοφᾰντῐ́ᾱ (sūkophăntĭ́ā), equivalent to sycophant + -cy.

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