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The Founders recognized that Government is quite literally a necessary evil, that there must be opposition, between its various branches, and between political parties, for these are the only ways to temper the individual's greed for power and the electorates' desires for peace by submission to coercion or blandishment.
David Mamet

Meaning of "blandishment" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BLANDISHMENT

blandishment  [ˈblændɪʃmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BLANDISHMENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Blandishment is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BLANDISHMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

blandishment

Flattery

Flattery is the act of giving excessive compliments, generally for the purpose of ingratiating oneself with the subject. Historically, flattery has been used as a standard form of discourse when addressing a king or queen. In the Renaissance, it was a common practice among writers to flatter the reigning monarch, as Edmund Spenser flattered Queen Elizabeth I in The Faerie Queene, William Shakespeare flattered King James I in Macbeth and Niccolò Machiavelli flattered Lorenzo II de' Medici, ruler of Florence and Duke of Urbino, in The Prince. Flattery is also used in pick-up lines when attempting to initiate romantic courtship. Most associations with flattery, however, are negative. Negative descriptions of flattery range at least as far back in history as The Bible. In the Divine Comedy, Dante depicts flatterers wading in human excrement, stating that their words were the equivalent of excrement, in the 8th Circle of Hell. An insincere flatterer is a stock character in many literary works. Examples include Wormtongue from J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Goneril and Regan from King Lear, and Iago from Othello.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BLANDISHMENT


abolishment
əˈbɒlɪʃmənt
accomplishment
əˈkɒmplɪʃmənt
admonishment
ədˈmɒnɪʃmənt
astonishment
əˈstɒnɪʃmənt
banishment
ˈbænɪʃmənt
diminishment
dɪˈmɪnɪʃmənt
disestablishment
ˌdɪsɪsˈtæblɪʃmənt
embellishment
ɪmˈbɛlɪʃmənt
establishment
ɪˈstæblɪʃmənt
garnishment
ˈɡɑːnɪʃmənt
impoverishment
ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃmənt
nourishment
ˈnʌrɪʃmənt
punishment
ˈpʌnɪʃmənt
ravishment
ˈrævɪʃmənt
re-establishment
ˌriːɪsˈtæblɪʃmənt
refurbishment
riːˈfɜːbɪʃmənt
relinquishment
rɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃmənt
replenishment
rɪˈplenɪʃmənt
stablishment
ˈstæblɪʃmənt
undernourishment
ˌʌndəˈnʌrɪʃmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BLANDISHMENT

blancher
Blanchett
blanchisseuse
blancmange
Blanco
bland
bland out
blandish
blandisher
blandishments
blandly
blandness
blank
blank cartridge
blank cheque
blank endorsement
blank verse
blanket
blanket bath

WORDS THAT END LIKE BLANDISHMENT

advertisement
anti-Establishment
attachment
bashment
capital punishment
catchment
corporal punishment
detachment
encashment
encroachment
enrichment
entrenchment
impeachment
parchment
reattachment
refreshment
research establishment
retrenchment
shower attachment
the Establishment
writ of attachment

Synonyms and antonyms of blandishment in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «blandishment» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BLANDISHMENT

Find out the translation of blandishment to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of blandishment from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «blandishment» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

blandishment
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

blandishment
570 millions of speakers

English

blandishment
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चोचला
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مداهنة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

blandishment
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

blandishment
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চাটুবাক্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

flatterie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Blandishment
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schmeichelei
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

blandishment
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

추종
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Blandutes
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người a dua
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புகழ்ச்சி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मद्यपान
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yağcılık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

blandizia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

blandishment
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

blandishment
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lingușire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κολακεία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verlokking
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

blandishment
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

blandishment
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of blandishment

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BLANDISHMENT»

The term «blandishment» is normally little used and occupies the 141.560 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BLANDISHMENT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about blandishment

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QUOTES WITH «BLANDISHMENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word blandishment.
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David Mamet
The Founders recognized that Government is quite literally a necessary evil, that there must be opposition, between its various branches, and between political parties, for these are the only ways to temper the individual's greed for power and the electorates' desires for peace by submission to coercion or blandishment.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLANDISHMENT»

Discover the use of blandishment in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to blandishment and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: A Work of Universal ...
Sp. blundimiento = It. blandimento, ( L. blandimcnlum, < blandin', flatter: see blandishJ Blandishment; allurement; enticement. Allure no man with suasions and blandimenll. Bp. Burnet, Injunctions to the Monasteries, (temp. Hen. VIII., 1., App.
William Dwight Whitney, 1904
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A Thesaurus Dictionary of the English Language Designed to ...
A Dictionary, Synonyms, Antonyms, Idioms, Foreign Phrases, Pronunciations, a Copious Correlation of Words Francis Andrew March. 110 BLANDISHMENT. 111 BLOATED BONDHOLDER. BLANDISHMEN'I'—V1aRas—Cvnli'm¢d- bleed.
Francis Andrew March, 1906
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ...
M.isr'riug all her wiles, Wirh blandish'd parleys, feminine assaults, Tong.ie- batcerieSjs'.K.surceas'd not day not night To storm me over-watch'd, and weary'd out Milton. BLANDISHMENT, n. s. [from blandish: bland'ttice, Lat.] I. Act of fondness ...
Samuel Johnson, 1805
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The Century dictionary
Fair, mild, or flattering speech; courteous language; compliment. [Bare.] blandimentt (blan'di-ment), n. [= Sp. blan- dimiento = It. blandimenib, < L. blandimentum,<. blandiri, flatter: see blandish.] Blandishment; allurement ; enticement. Allure no ...
5
Dictionary of the Welsh Language: Explained in English
pl. t. au (my — oeth) That is soft, nice ; blandishment ; a delicacy, a dainty. Moethawl, a. (moeth) Yielding blandishment. Moethedig, a. (moeth) Being used tenderly. Moethen, s.f. dim. (moeth) A dainty one. Moethi, r. a. (moeth) To treat kindly or ...
William Owen Pughe, 1832
6
Faerie Queene Book Four
... WW WW With fairith fair ith fairith fair ith faire entr e entre entr e entre entreatie and sw eatie and sweatie and sweatie and sw eatie and sweet blandishment,eet blandishment, eet blandishment,eet blandishment, eet blandishment, Y YY YYet  ...
Spenser, Edmund, 2013
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Dictionnary of the English Language with Numerous ...
Expression of kindness ; blandishment. Flat enemies are honest harmless things, Because they tell us what we have to fear ; But double-hearted friends, whose blandishings Tickle our ears but sting our bosoms, are Those dangerous Syrens,  ...
Samuel Johnson, 1827
8
Keats, Shelley, and Romantic Spenserianism
... where a "knight at arms" awakens from his dreamed dalliance with a fairy maiden to find himself alone on "the cold hill's side" (lines 1, 44), recall Arthur's story of waking from his dream of "lovely Blandishment" with Gloriana, "Queen of Faires ...
Greg Kucich, 2010
9
American encyclopedic dictionary
[Blandishment.] Blandishment. " That they entice nor allure no man with suasions and blandiments to take the religion upon him." — Injunctions to the Monast. temp, Henry VIII. Burnet, vol. i. App. Man -dish, *blan'-dlse, *blan dls-en, v. t. [ From ...
Robert Hunter, John Alfred Williams, Sidney John Hervon Herrtage, 1897
10
The lover's lexicon: a handbook for novelists, playwrights, ...
BLANDISHMENT. Admitted here as an example of words that should not be included in any lover's own dictionary. For though blandishment may be nothing more than a guileless kind of soothing, such as mothers use with wilful sons, it is the ...
Frederick Greenwood, 1894

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BLANDISHMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term blandishment is used in the context of the following news items.
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At Wilmette Dairy Queen, a cone and a boot
Could the DQ offer some sort of blandishment — free banana splits? — to customers or tenants next door as a quid pro quo for allowing DQ ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
2
'Influence Machine' reveals how US Chamber of Commerce oils the …
Its shrewd use of money, its blend of blandishment, bluster and threat, its cover for unsavory interests such as Big Tobacco or Big Oil make the ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
3
From Dubai with love
"Only a few weeks ago (that) we had written of Modi's blandishment of Interpol's trendy 'Turn Back Crime' wristband. Found on the wrists of ... «Mid-Day, Jun 15»
4
Another Tack: Mahmoud Abbas's careless candor
Quite inadvertently, the above blandishment may well be the truest statement to have been uttered by Abbas in a very long time. It doubtless ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jun 15»
5
Forget the Government; is the Opposition too failing us?
... the only ways to temper the individual's greed for power and the electorates' desires for peace by submission to coercion or blandishment.”. «Mid-Day, Jun 15»
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Pranab Mukherjee should have known better than to speak on Bofors
Even the state of the art products have to be hard sold often with the blandishment of kickback. In the event, technical superiority can never ... «Firstpost, Jun 15»
7
Loretta Lynch: Caring counselor, miserable attorney general
But she has shifted from badgering to blandishment in keeping her department focused on race grievance politics. Ms. Lynch would have made ... «American Thinker, May 15»
8
In N.H., Christie calls war on drugs 'completely a failure'
a candidate for president, seized upon the disparity and called for eliminating the distinction as a blandishment to black voters. Speaking to ... «NJ.com, May 15»
9
Simplicity is the thing
The phrase “ain't much to write home about” is often used to describe situations where nothing of much import is occurring; a blandishment for ... «Fleet Owner, May 15»
10
Easter Egg Bread
I found hens fairly impervious to blandishment. The next step was a more forceful approach that often involved physical contact. I was kindness ... «The Journal, Apr 15»

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