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    [Noun]  | "ad*u*la*tion" | \ ˌa-jə-ˈlā-shən \


    1: extreme or excessive admiration or flattery

    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English adulacioun "insincere praise, flattery," borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin adūlātiōn-, adūlātiō, from adūlārī "to fawn upon (of dogs), praise insincerely" (of uncertain origin) + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of verbal action;

      * Note : On the presumption that it is a denominal verb, Latin adūlārī has been compared with Sanskrit vāla-, vāra- "hair of a horse's tail, horsehair," Lithuanian valaĩ "horse's tail," though this is difficult both semantically and phonetically. More recently, the base of Latin avidus "greedy, eager" has been proposed as a source (see: {avid|avid}), via a prefixed *ad-awido-, syncopated to *ad-audo-, then with the second dissimilated to l, yielding *adūlo-, "eagerly see:king something, flattering.";

    [Verb]  | "adulating" 


    1: to love or admire too much;


      * e.g., " ... it's ridiculous how she adulates that airheaded rock star "



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    2: to praise too much;


      * e.g., " ... a business executive who unwisely surrounds herself with incompetent assistants who spend all their time adulating her "



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    [Verb]  | "adulate" 


    1: to love or admire too much;


      * e.g., " ... it's ridiculous how she adulates that airheaded rock star "



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    2: to praise too much;


      * e.g., " ... a business executive who unwisely surrounds herself with incompetent assistants who spend all their time adulating her "



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    [Noun]  | "adulation" 


    1: excessive admiration of or devotion to a person;


      * e.g., " ... the pathetic adulation of the leader of the cult by her misguided followers "



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    2: excessive praise;


      * e.g., " ... more objective critics have observed that the artist never deserved the adulation heaped upon her mediocre paintings "



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     [ "adulation" ]

    1: Extreme admiration.

      * e.g.,  ... Few young actors had received greater adulation than did Marlon Brando after his performance in wordA Streetcar Named Desire/word. 

     [ "premature adulation" ]

    1: clapping before the performance is done.

      * e.g.,  ... It was so embarrassing when all you could hear was the soloist's aria and John's premature adulation in the auditorium. 

     [ "Self Adulation" ]

    1: One of the great reasons that Jesus isn't going to barge in any time soon and destroy the world. Due largely to the success regarding the saturation of Christianity (and affiliated ideas)in human belief and every day life. Whether acknowledged or not.

      * e.g.,  ... The self adulation paradox really gets the ecclesiastic control freaks in a snit. 

     [ "Self Adulation" ]

    2: Big clue: Jesus cannot worship himself. Thus cannot be re-born into this world currently.

      * e.g.,  ... It is possible to: "WWJD" 

     [ "Self Adulation" ]

    3: Talk amongst yourselves!

      * e.g.,  ... It isn't at all possible to: "I am the fucking second coming of Christ, do as I command" (For reasons beyond such psychological mutation being nothing more than "Caa-rack Nigga" reasoning). 

     [ "Trump Adulation Disorder (TAD)" ]

    1: A phenomenon endemic to militant Trump supporters that causes them to lose all sense of reason, critical thinking, and rational discussion especially with those who do not worship Trump.

      * e.g.,  ... Those Trump supporters shouted me down when I tried to point out one of Trump's lies. They're suffering from serious Trump Adulation Disorder (TAD). 

     [ "adulation" ]

    1: Excessive praise or admiration.

      * e.g.,  ... "They were getting intense adulation by the minute." 

     [ "premature adulation" ]

    1: When you've bragged to your friends about something before it's official.

      * e.g.,  ... I suffered an acute case of premature adulation when I told my friends I submitted a word to Urban Dictionary...then was rejected. 

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