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Meaning of "flunkeyism" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FLUNKEYISM

flunkeyism  [ˈflʌŋkɪˌɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FLUNKEYISM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Flunkeyism 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 FLUNKEYISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of flunkeyism in the English dictionary

The definition of flunkeyism in the dictionary is the state of being a flunkey or servant. Other definition of flunkeyism is a behaviour or trait characteristic of a flunkey.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FLUNKEYISM


archaism
ˈɑːkɪˌɪzəm
atheism
ˈeɪθɪˌɪzəm
cockneyism
ˈkɒknɪˌɪzəm
cronyism
ˈkrəʊnɪˌɪzəm
fideism
ˈfiːdeɪˌɪzəm
flunkyism
ˈflʌŋkɪˌɪzəm
Hebraism
ˈhiːbreɪˌɪzəm
jockeyism
ˈdʒɒkɪˌɪzəm
Judaism
ˈdʒuːdeɪˌɪzəm
McCarthyism
məˈkɑːθɪˌɪzəm
Mithraism
ˈmɪθreɪˌɪzəm
monotheism
ˈmɒnəʊθɪˌɪzəm
Naziism
ˈnɑːtsɪˌɪzəm
nimbyism
ˈnɪmbɪˌɪzəm
obeism
ˈəʊbɪˌɪzəm
pantheism
ˈpænθɪˌɪzəm
Pharisaism
ˈfærɪseɪˌɪzəm
Trotskyism
ˈtrɒtskɪˌɪzəm
voluntaryism
ˈvɒləntərɪˌɪzəm
whiteboyism
ˈwaɪtbɔɪˌɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FLUNKEYISM

flummery
flummox
flummoxed
flump
flung
flunitrazepam
flunk
flunker
flunkeydom
flunkeyish
flunkies
flunky
flunkyism
Fluon
fluor
fluorapatite
fluorene
fluoresce
fluorescein
fluoresceine

WORDS THAT END LIKE FLUNKEYISM

attorneyism
bogeyism
boobyism
dandyism
dowdyism
fogeyism
fogyism
hackneyism
hobbledehoyism
literaryism
lobbyism
monkeyism
partyism
puppyism
Puseyism
pygmyism
rowdyism
Tammanyism
toadyism
Toryism

Synonyms and antonyms of flunkeyism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «flunkeyism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FLUNKEYISM

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

Translator English - Chinese

事大主义
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

servilismo
570 millions of speakers

English

flunkeyism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

flunkeyism
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بتبعيتها
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

низкопоклонство
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

servilismo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

flunkeyism
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

servilité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Flunkeyisme
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kriechertum
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

flunkeyism
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

flunkeyism
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Flunkeyism
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

flunkeyism
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

flunkeyism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फ्लंकएनिझम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dalkavukluk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

flunkeyism
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

flunkeyism
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

низькопоклонство
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

flunkeyism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

flunkeyism
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

flunkeyism
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

flunkeyism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

flunkeyism
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of flunkeyism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FLUNKEYISM»

The term «flunkeyism» is used very little and occupies the 169.350 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FLUNKEYISM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «flunkeyism» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «flunkeyism» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLUNKEYISM»

Discover the use of flunkeyism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to flunkeyism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Forgotten Souls: A Social History of the Hong Kong Cemetery
There is this excuse for official Flunkeyism; it is too often essential to the prosperity of those who indulge in it. A deference to their superiors in office either promotes or retains them.... Besides Flunkeyism has created an artificial rank which is ...
Patricia Lim, 2011
2
The Rotarian
Alas, the mark of the middle class is flunkeyism ! It permeates American life. Between the life of the denizens of the New York slum and the life of its Four Hundred there are as many gradations of society as any European system presents.
3
State and Society in Contemporary Korea
July 1982 he gave a vintage discussion of his ideology: Korea should not become "a plaything of great powers"; "I say to our officials: if a man takes to flunkeyism [sadaejuiii] he will become a fool; if a nation falls into flunkeyism, this nation will ...
Hagen Koo, 1993
4
Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History (Updated)
Korea should not become "a plaything of great powers," he declared, adding, "I say to our officials: if a man takes to flunkeyism [satiaejufii] he will become a fool; if a nation falls into flunkeyism, this nation will go to min; and if a party adopts ...
Bruce Cumings, 2005
5
North Korea's Foreign Policy Under Kim Jong Il: New Perspectives
Kim defines imperialism in very specific terms: That flunkeyism and the idea of dependence on foreign forces lead to the ruin of the nation is the serious and bitter lesson our nation learned through a long history of national suffering.
Tae-Hwan Kwak, Seung-Ho Joo, 2009
6
Published Poems: The Writings of Herman Melville
FLUNKEYISM. U. P FOR DEBATE all through the nineteenth century had been the question of whether there was a great modern poem and great modern poet in English. Francis Jeffrey in the Edinburgh Review had weighed candidate after  ...
Herman Melville, Robert C. Ryan, Hershel Parker, 2009
7
Melville: The Making of the Poet
The. Status. of. Poetry. and. the. Temptation. of. Flunkeyism. UP FOR DEBATE ALL THROUGH THE NINETEENTH CENTURY HAD been the question of whether there was a great modern poem and great modern poet in English. Francis ...
Hershel Parker, 2008
8
Imperial Germany and the Industrial Revolution
The English-speaking peoples are democratic, indeed anarchistically democratic , in principle, but by reason of common-sense expediency fortified by a pervading respect of persons — what is sometimes disrespectfully called flunkeyism ...
Thorstein Veblen, 1915
9
Kim Il Sung in the Khrushchev Era: Soviet-DPRK Relations and ...
In October 1960, the CC Presidium passed a resolution that criticized the indiscriminate and mechanical adoption of foreign experiences, and condemned "flunkeyism" (sadaejuui). One should not kowtow to any foreign power, the leadership ...
Balázs Szalontai, 2005
10
A Veblen Treasury: From Leisure Class to War, Peace, and ...
The English-speaking peoples are democratic, indeed anarchistically democratic , in principle, but by reason of common-sense expediency fortified by a pervading respect of person — what is sometimes disrespectfully called flunkeyism — the ...
Thorstein Veblen, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLUNKEYISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term flunkeyism is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Mammon's Kingdom: An Essay on Britain, Now by David Marquand …
And the tragedy is, as Marquand shows, that much of this is due to moral surrenders by those previously in authority – the "flunkeyism" of civil ... «The Independent, May 14»
2
Why North Korea Today Is Not East Germany 1989
... even those countries on which it is dependent (juche being the opposite of sadaejuui or flunkeyism). The head of state is far from geriatric. «Foreign Policy In Focus, Feb 14»
3
South Korea's Chomskyite flunkeys
However, when it comes to flunkeyism, toadying up to famous Americans is something that the purportedly self-reliant, purge-prone, perennially ... «Asia Times Online, Dec 13»
4
Istanbul's 'One Minute!' to Erdoğan
As is well known from the history of politics, such a top-down method of managing politics invites only flunkeyism, nothing else. Given the ... «Huffington Post, Jun 13»
5
Freedom and socialism
... degenerating, now and again, into something of flunkeyism, that without more ado declares all state ownership, even of the Bismarckian sort, ... «Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal, May 13»
6
Queen Victoria and Britain's first Diamond Jubilee
James Connolly, the Edinburgh-born Irish nationalist, called the Jubilee a "feast of flunkeyism" and wrote: "Join your voice with ours in ... «BBC News, May 12»
7
Kim II Sung And The Banner Of Independence
... develop light industry and agriculture, and led his people to get rid of flunkeyism and dogmatism and take the road of independence. «Nigerian Observer, Apr 12»
8
THE MILITARIZATION OF THE FAR-EAST: US Threatens China's …
... from President Lee's older brother) is marked by an “unprecedented, probably the worst case of political flunkeyism” in recent Korean history. «Center for Research on Globalization, Mar 12»
9
My Take: Kim Jong Il and the danger of deifying leaders
Kim was credited with saving the North Koreans from “flunkeyism,” or subservience to foreign powers. All this was backed up with an ideology ... «CNN, Dec 11»
10
A Line in the Sea Divides the Two Koreas
As for South Korea's government, the North Korean agency suggested, “The [S]outh Korean authorities, steeped in flunkeyism and submission ... «New York Times, Nov 10»

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« EDUCALINGO. Flunkeyism [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/flunkeyism>. Apr 2024 ».
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