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adulation

[ aj-uh-ley-shuhn ]

/ ˌædʒ əˈleɪ ʃən /

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noun

excessive devotion to someone; servile flattery.

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Origin of adulation

Middle English <Middle French <Latin adūlātiōn- (stem of adūlātiō) servile flattery, fawning, equivalent to adūlāt(us), past participle of adūlārī, -āre to fawn upon (of dogs), apparently a nominal derivative, with ad-ad-, of an otherwise unattested base + -iōn--ion

OTHER WORDS FROM adulation

ad·u·la·to·ry

[aj-uh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], /ˈædʒ ə ləˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjectiveself-ad·u·la·tion, nounself-ad·u·la·to·ry, adjectiveun·ad·u·lat·ing, adjective

un·ad·u·la·to·ry, adjective

Words nearby adulation

a due, aduki, adularescent, adularia, adulate, adulation, adulatory, Adullamite, adult, adult education, adulterant

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Example sentences from the Web for adulation

There is an odd disconnect between his indifference and the adulation of her fans or the careful treatment she’s given by a family that’s painfully aware of her mental health.
Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry Is a Mostly Fascinating Portrait of an Apocalyptic Teen Pop Star|Judy Berman|February 26, 2021|Time
The president has delighted in playing impresario to this drama, reveling in the adulation of the crowds.
A day for ceremony descends into anarchy on Capitol Hill|Dan Balz|January 7, 2021|Washington Post
The sport that brought him stardom and adulation, not to mention countless millions of dollars, was becoming secondary, almost a nuisance, interfering with a drug habit.
Mike Tyson fought for the first time in 15 years. So much had changed.|Gene Wang|November 29, 2020|Washington Post
Before NYC Prep, reality TV stars were sources of entertainment, but never objects of envy or adulation.
The Surreal Genius of Bravo’s Rich Kids Docudrama ‘NYC Prep’|Amy Zimmerman|April 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Putin seeks similar adulation in Sochi and he must not receive it.
Boycott Putin, Not the Sochi Olympics|Garry Kasparov|August 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
So here Obama is, craving security and adulation, but being denied both.
The Sprawling, Dimming Age of Obama|Lloyd Green|June 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The audience was not yet done showering Simons with adulation.
Milan Fall Fashion Week 2012: Raf Simons’s Last Collection at Jil Sander|Robin Givhan|February 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Lafayette, more interested in his own nationwide tour of adulation, declined.
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It is only the servile adulation of later writers that has pictured Bruce as animated by patriotism.
King Robert the Bruce|A. F. Murison
Lifted to the skies for an hour by popular adulation, he has been sunk into obscurity ever since by historic contempt.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
He does not seem to have deserved much of the adulation bestowed upon him.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
When she came to town for the season she scored a decided success, and all the leading Dailies joined in the chorus of adulation.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume II (of 3)|Charles James Wills
What you wanted was someone to satisfy all your vanities—your yearning for devotion, for adulation, for sense of power.
A Butterfly on the Wheel|Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull

British Dictionary definitions for adulation

adulation

/ (ˌædjʊˈleɪʃən) /

noun

obsequious flattery or praise; extreme admiration

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