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- Flattery abstract "Flattery (also called adulation or blandishment) is the act of giving excessive compliments, generally for the purpose of ingratiating oneself with the subject.Historically, flattery has been used as a standard form of discourse when addressing a king or queen. In the Renaissance, it was a common practice among writers to flatter the reigning monarch, as Edmund Spenser flattered Queen Elizabeth I in The Faerie Queene, William Shakespeare flattered King James I in Macbeth and Niccolò Machiavelli flattered Lorenzo II de' Medici in The Prince.Flattery is also used in pick-up lines when attempting to initiate romantic courtship.Most associations with flattery, however, are negative. Negative descriptions of flattery range at least as far back in history as The Bible. In the Divine Comedy, Dante depicts flatterers wading in human excrement, stating that their words were the equivalent of excrement, in the 8th Circle of Hell.An insincere flatterer is a stock character in many literary works. Examples include Wormtongue from J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Goneril and Regan from King Lear, and Iago from Othello.Historians and philosophers have paid attention to flattery as a problem in ethics and politics. Plutarch wrote an essay on "How to Tell a Flatterer from a Friend." Julius Caesar was notorious for his flattery. In his Praise of Folly, Erasmus commended flattery because it "raises downcast spirits, comforts the sad, rouses the apathetic, stirs up the stolid, cheers the sick, restrains the headstrong, brings lovers together and keeps them united." "To flatter" is also used to refer to artwork or clothing that makes the subject or wearer appear more attractive, as in: The King was pleased with the portrait, as it was very flattering of his girth. I think I'll wear the green dress because it flatters my legs.↑".
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- Flattery wikiPageWikiLink Bible.
- Flattery wikiPageWikiLink Category:Interpersonal_relationships.
- Flattery wikiPageWikiLink Category:Persuasion_techniques.
- Flattery wikiPageWikiLink Desiderius_Erasmus.
- Flattery wikiPageWikiLink Divine_Comedy.
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- Flattery wikiPageWikiLink Elizabeth_I_of_England.
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- Flattery wikiPageWikiLink Goneril.
- Flattery wikiPageWikiLink Gríma_Wormtongue.
- Flattery wikiPageWikiLink Iago.
- Flattery wikiPageWikiLink Inferno_(Dante).
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- Flattery wikiPageWikiLink J._R._R._Tolkien.
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- Flattery wikiPageWikiLink James_VI_and_I.
- Flattery wikiPageWikiLink Julius_Caesar.
- Flattery wikiPageWikiLink King_Lear.
- Flattery wikiPageWikiLink Lorenzo_II_de_Medici.
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- Flattery wikiPageWikiLink Love_bombing.
- Flattery wikiPageWikiLink Macbeth.
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- Flattery wikiPageWikiLink Othello.
- Flattery wikiPageWikiLink Pick-up_line.
- Flattery wikiPageWikiLink Plutarch.
- Flattery wikiPageWikiLink Praise_of_Folly.
- Flattery wikiPageWikiLink Queen_Elizabeth_I.
- Flattery wikiPageWikiLink Queen_regnant.
- Flattery wikiPageWikiLink Regan.
- Flattery wikiPageWikiLink Renaissance.
- Flattery wikiPageWikiLink Stock_character.
- Flattery wikiPageWikiLink Superficial_charm.
- Flattery wikiPageWikiLink Sycophancy.
- Flattery wikiPageWikiLink The_Bible.
- Flattery wikiPageWikiLink The_Faerie_Queene.
- Flattery wikiPageWikiLink The_Lord_of_the_Rings.
- Flattery wikiPageWikiLink The_Praise_of_Folly.
- Flattery wikiPageWikiLink The_Prince.
- Flattery wikiPageWikiLink The_Renaissance.
- Flattery wikiPageWikiLink William_Shakespeare.
- Flattery wikiPageWikiLink File:Brooklyn_Museum_-_Yes_It_Is_My_Deceased_Wife...Only_You_Have_Flattered_Her_Too_Much_-_Honoré_Daumier.jpg.
- Flattery wikiPageWikiLinkText "Flatterers".
- Flattery wikiPageWikiLinkText "Flattery".
- Flattery wikiPageWikiLinkText "flaterye".
- Flattery wikiPageWikiLinkText "flatter".
- Flattery wikiPageWikiLinkText "flatteraris".
- Flattery wikiPageWikiLinkText "flattered".
- Flattery wikiPageWikiLinkText "flatterer".
- Flattery wikiPageWikiLinkText "flattering".
- Flattery wikiPageWikiLinkText "flattery".
- Flattery wikiPageWikiLinkText "flattring".
- Flattery wikiPageWikiLinkText "to flatter".
- Flattery hasPhotoCollection Flattery.
- Flattery wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
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- Flattery wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Wiktionary.
- Flattery subject Category:Interpersonal_relationships.
- Flattery subject Category:Persuasion_techniques.
- Flattery hypernym Act.
- Flattery type Animal.
- Flattery type Article.
- Flattery type Band.
- Flattery type Eukaryote.
- Flattery type Horse.
- Flattery type Mammal.
- Flattery type Species.
- Flattery type Article.
- Flattery type Relationship.
- Flattery type Technique.
- Flattery type Thing.
- Flattery type Q19088.
- Flattery type Q729.
- Flattery type Q7377.
- Flattery comment "Flattery (also called adulation or blandishment) is the act of giving excessive compliments, generally for the purpose of ingratiating oneself with the subject.Historically, flattery has been used as a standard form of discourse when addressing a king or queen.".
- Flattery label "Flattery".
- Flattery sameAs Κολακεία.
- Flattery sameAs Adulación.
- Flattery sameAs چاپلوسی.
- Flattery sameAs חנופה.
- Flattery sameAs 社交辞令.
- Flattery sameAs m.08qxx_.
- Flattery sameAs Лесть.
- Flattery sameAs Лестощі.
- Flattery sameAs Q2918702.
- Flattery sameAs Q2918702.
- Flattery wasDerivedFrom Flattery?oldid=665842188.
- Flattery depiction Brooklyn_Museum_-_Yes_It_Is_My_Deceased_Wife...Only_You_Have_Flattered_Her_Too_Much_-_Honoré_Daumier.jpg.
- Flattery isPrimaryTopicOf Flattery.