| Re: The meaning of "sycophancy" |
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Group: alt.magick · Group Profile
Author: BruceBruce Date: Sep 19, 2008 15:36
On Sep 18, 4:44Â pm, Joseph Littleshoes isp.com> wrote:> quintal wrote:
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>> tom and his compulsive bullying... he's kinda possessed, when you think
>> of it.
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> Yes, i lost interest in even trying to communicate with it, it's too
> fond of pseudo communication and the particularistic fallacy.
> --
> JL
> Â .
I know all about Sycophancy. Jest ask me.. ..It has to do with ONE
leader, drawing others to him. Like in Shamanism.
Sun Myung Moon is a GREAT leader, and has MANY sycophants.
While David Albans over in alt.religion.angels is jest a pion leader
and only has three maybe four sycophants. But there all the same
thing..
sycophant
One entry found.
Main Entry:
sy·co·phant
Pronunciation:
\-fənt also -ˌfant\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
Latin sycophanta slanderer, swindler,
from Greek sykophantēs slanderer, from sykon fig +
phainein to show — more at fancy
Date:
1575
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: a servile self-seeking flatterer
synonyms see parasite
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— sycophant adjective
======================================= MODERATOR'S COMMENT:
I don't notice much in this article - nor, by now, the entire thread - that is on topic for any of the newsgroups listed. It might wise to add at least a modicum of topicality to future posts. -Baird
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