Flunkyism

/ˈflʌŋkiɪzəm/ noun

Definition

The practice, behavior, or ideology of being or acting like a flunky; excessive obedience or servility (alternate spelling of flunkeyism).

Etymology

Combines 'flunky' with the -ism suffix, paralleling 'flunkeyism.'

Kelly Says

Both 'flunkeyism' and 'flunkyism' exist, but neither is commonly used today—they're words that feel like they should be more frequent in political writing, which suggests English doesn't always develop all possible word combinations.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ንግድ
ngid
ARالعربية
خضوع
kha-dhoo-a
BNবাংলা
নম্রতা
nom-ro-ta
CACatalà
submissió
soo-b-mi-s-sio
CSČeština
podřízenost
po-di-re-no-st
DADansk
underdanighed
oon-der-dan-i-hed
DEDeutsch
Unterwürfigkeit
oon-ter-vuer-fig-kayt
ELΕλληνικά
υπηρεσία
ee-pe-ree-see-ah
ESEspañol
falsedad
fal-seh-dad
FAفارسی
تملق
te-mlagh
FISuomi
alistelu
a-li-ste-lu
FRFrançais
lâcheté
la-sheh-te
GUGU
સેવા
se-va
HAHA
kya
kya
HEעברית
הימנעות
hi-ma-na-at
HIहिन्दी
नौकरशाही
na-oo-ker-sha-hee
HUMagyar
alázatosság
a-la-za-to-sag-ossag
IDBahasa Indonesia
kekerasan
keh-keh-ra-san
IGIG
njem
njem
ITItaliano
servitù
ser-vee-too
JA日本語
下僕気質
ge-bo-ki-jitsu
KKKK
тәуелсіздік
ta-we-l-si-z-dik
KMKM
ស្ដី
sti
KO한국어
하찮은
ha-chan-eun
MRMR
नम्रता
nam-ra-ta
MSBahasa Melayu
kekerasan
keh-keh-ra-san
MYမြန်မာ
ကြိုးစား
kye-soh
NLNederlands
knevel
kneh-vel
NONorsk
underdanhet
oon-der-dan-het
PAPA
ਸੇਵਾ
se-va
PLPolski
poddańctwo
po-dan-ch-t-vo
PTPortuguês
submissão
soo-bee-mee-saow
RORomână
supunere
su-pu-ne-re
RUРусский
подхалимство
pod-kha-lim-st-vo
SVSvenska
underdanighet
oon-der-da-ni-get
SWKiswahili
uchumi
oo-koo-mee
TAதமிழ்
அடிமைத்தனம்
a-di-mai-tha-nam
TEతెలుగు
నొప్పి
no-ppi
THไทย
ความอ่อนน้อม
kwan-muan-awn-nom
TLTL
pagmamalabis
pa-gma-ma-la-bis
TRTürkçe
yobaklık
yo-ba-lik
UKУкраїнська
підлесливість
pid-le-sly-vis-t
URاردو
غلامی
gha-la-mee
VITiếng Việt
sự nịnh bợ
su-ninh-bo
YOYO
àwò
aw-oh
ZH中文
卑躬屈膝
bei-gong-qu-xi
ZUZU
ubutho
oo-boo-tho

Related Words

Explore More Words

Get the Word Orb API

Complete word intelligence in one call. Free tier — 50 lookups/day.