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flattery

insincere praise spoken in order to gain favor from someone
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flattery

Summary

flattery is a persuasion[1]. flattery draws 381 Wikipedia views per month (persuasion category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • flattery's instance of is recorded as persuasion[3].
  • flattery is a type of modes of persuasion[4].
  • flattery's different from is recorded as Flattery[5].

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Definition and Type

flattery's instance of is recorded as persuasion[3]. flattery is a type of modes of persuasion[4].

Why It Matters

flattery draws 381 Wikipedia views per month (persuasion category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] flattery has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] flattery is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 6171
    Local thumb → —
    Instance of → persuasion
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8590]]: 6171, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167478467|FLATTERY (#167478467)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] #mix"
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