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Sycophant
{{dablink|"Toady" redirects here. See also, [[Todi]].}} 
A '''sycophant''' (from the [[Greek language|Greek]] συκοφάντης ''sykophántēs'') is a [[servile]] person who, acting in his or her own self interest, attempts to win favor by [[flatter]]ing one or more influential persons, with an undertone that these actions are executed at the cost of his or her own personal [[pride]], [[principle]]s, and peer [[respect]]. Such a manner is called '(contracted; show full)
*In Stephenie Meyer's ''[[Breaking Dawn]]'', Garrett refers to Renata as Aro's "sycophantic guard."
*In Shakespeare's play ''[[The Tempest]]'' Caliban is sycophantic towards Stephano.
*In KMFDM's 1999 album Adios, Sycophant is the name of the second track
*In the movie Batman Begins, the character Bruce Wayne (played by Christian Bale) calls all of his birthday party guests "Sycophantic suck-ups"

==References==
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chris jericho ofen call the wwe fans Sycophants

==External links==
{{wiktionarypar|sycophant|toady|hanger-on}}
*[http://www.answers.com/topic/toady Toady (definition)]
*[http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/parasite Toady (compared to a parasite)]
*[http://www.thefreedictionary.com/toady Toady (pronunciation)]

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