ingratiation

noun

in·​gra·​ti·​a·​tion -ˌgrāshēˈāshən 

plural -s

1

: the act of ingratiating : process of getting oneself in favor

practice the various arts of ingratiation

2

: something that ingratiates

American art … had no native conviction with which to resist this wealth of ingratiation

—C. D. Maginnis

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