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Recent Examples of sycophantic
After all, humans often communicate with each other in sycophantic ways.
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Cody Turner, The Conversation, 1 May 2026
While chatbots often take on an affirming tone with users, several of the lawsuits point to a controversial model called GPT‑4o that was known for being especially sycophantic.
—Lauren Fichten, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
Tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT have long garnered a reputation for being ludicrously sycophantic.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 15 Apr. 2026
The researchers also found that humans who interacted with a sycophantic chatbot were less likely to apologize or take steps to make amends.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 5 Apr. 2026
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Cody Turner, The Conversation, 1 May 2026
While chatbots often take on an affirming tone with users, several of the lawsuits point to a controversial model called GPT‑4o that was known for being especially sycophantic.
—Lauren Fichten, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
Tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT have long garnered a reputation for being ludicrously sycophantic.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 15 Apr. 2026
The researchers also found that humans who interacted with a sycophantic chatbot were less likely to apologize or take steps to make amends.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 5 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sycophantic
Adjective
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To cede all of that ground to the executive, and to do so in such an obsequious way, is shameful.—
KEN BURNS,
Rolling Stone,
19 May 2026
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The staff is wonderfully friendly and casual, providing seamless service without being obsequious.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Of course, all of this convenient acquiescence will sound familiar in the United States, where our own Congress and Department of Justice have been nothing if not servile to a brazenly corrupt executive.—
Daniel Alarcón,
New Yorker,
4 June 2026
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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
Adjective
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While these celebrity docs are hagiographic and formulaic, the interviews with Nadal and family and rivals like Federer and Novak Djokovic do push beyond the surface.—
Stuart Miller,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
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But all the myth and sorrow around the dynasty mean many takes tilt hagiographic.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
23 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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After a while, though, all the professions of sincerity and thanks, the constant invocations of the one true POTUS, and the worshipful exhibits upstairs give the whole place a cultish, nostalgic gleam.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
4 June 2026
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Since 1980, her partner had been the kindly, worshipful Dutch actor Robert Wolders, whom Ferrer likens to a gentlemanly doormat.—
Hadley Hall Meares,
Vanity Fair,
15 May 2026
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“Sycophantic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sycophantic. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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