Meaning and example
servile flattery; exaggerated and hypocritical praise
The passage used "adulation" to mean servile flattery; exaggerated and hypocritical praise.
Plain-English interpretation
A prevalence score of 1.152 places adulation in the uncommon range on this site. In practical terms, the word was recognized by about 87.9% of people in the source dataset.
Related words
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Similar-prevalence words
- Known by
- 87.9%
regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of
- Known by
- 87.7%
a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
- Known by
- 88.1%
extremely wicked
- Known by
- 88.1%
a blood-red color
- Known by
- 87.6%
not fanciful or imaginative
Source attribution
Brysbaert, M., Mandera, P., McCormick, S. F., & Keuleers, E. (2019). Word prevalence norms for 62,000 English lemmas. Behavior Research Methods, 51, 467-479.
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