toadyism
(ˈtəʊdɪɪz(ə)m)
[f. toady n. + -ism.]
The action or behaviour of a parasite or sycophant; mean and interested servility.
| 1840 Marryat Olla Podr. (Rtldg.) 303 A person of her consequence could never exist without..toadyism. 1857 Hughes Tom Brown i. viii, By dint of his command of money,..and his adroit toadyism, he managed to make himself..rather popular. 1898 Bealby & Hearn Sven Hedin's Through Asia I. 247 He would lash..everything that savoured of toadyism and servility. |