flunkyism

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English

Etymology

From flunky +‎ -ism.

Noun

flunkyism (countable and uncountable, plural flunkyisms)

  1. The state of being a flunkey
    • 1648, Thomas Carlyle, Death Warrant:
      This action of the English Regicides did in effect strike a damp like death through the heart of Flunkyism universally in this world

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