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From Latin adulātio (“‘flattery’”).

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• (UK) IPA: /ˈædˌjʊu.leɪ.ʃǝn/ SAMPA: /"{d%ju:.leI.S@n/

  Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn

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1. Flattery; fulsome praise.
   • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, Moon and Sixpence, ch. 1,

     The adulation of his admirers is perhaps no less capricious than the disparagement of his detractors.

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• See also Wikisaurus:flattery

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• adulate
• adulator
• adulatory

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• admiration
• adoration

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• laudation

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