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bootlicking: attempting to win favor by flattery; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery

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parasitism collapse: the relation between two different kinds of organisms in which one receives benefits from the other by causing damage to it (usually not fatal damage)

sycophancy collapse: fawning obsequiousness

ingratiating collapse: calculated to please or gain favor; "a smooth ingratiating manner"; capable of winning favor; "with open arms and an ingratiating smile"

sycophant collapse: a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage

flattering collapse: showing or representing to advantage; "a flattering color"

obsequious collapse: attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner; "obsequious shop assistants"

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servile collapse: submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior; "spoke in a servile tone"; "the incurably servile housekeeper"; "servile tasks such as floor scrubbing and barn work"

abject collapse: showing humiliation or submissiveness; "an abject apology"; of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick"; most unfortunate or miserable; "the most abject slaves joined in the revolt"; "abject poverty"; showing utter resignation or hopelessness; "abject surrender"

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