Today’s “Word of the Day” is “sycophancy” and it is a noun meaning “a behaviour of excessively praising or obeying an important and powerful person so as to gain advantage; flattery, servility, slavishness, fawning, adoration, worship, magnification, subservience”.
Example Sentence: Within a month of retiring from the Supreme Court of India, Justice S. Abdul Nazeer has been appointed Governor of Andhra Pradesh… he is the third Supreme Court judge who has received a high-profile political appointment soon after retirement,… These appointments are all signalling on the part of the government, letting the members of the higher judiciary know that they will be suitably rewarded if they issue favourable decisions. Dangling such a proverbial carrot is akin to corrupting the judges, and encouraging a culture of sycophancy…
This word is present in Post-retirement appointments: a danger to judicial independence and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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