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ah.. blind faith, cf. fideist.
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Not necessarily blind faith. It could be based on a good knowledge of the reliability of the object of the faith.
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Can I sneak in another "what's the word" question? I read a single word that means "people's hatred", which I have now forgotten. The context was "Politicians have to be able to have a high degree of acceptance of *people's hatred*."
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Hurry Avy! Remember that word. Obama and Romney debate tonight. We can Twitter your forgotten word. It will go Internet viral.
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Im not looking for the name of a PERSON who shows "unquestioning/unconditional loyalty/favoritism". Im looking for the word that DESCRIBES "unquestioning/unconditional loyalty/favoritism" itself. And its a NEGATIVE connotation.
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Well 0086, do you remember the context of your forgotten word's usage? Me? I like "claque". As a condition that would be "claqueness".
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from previous list:
(adjs) gnathonic obsequious (and synonyms) unctuous ingratiating
so, from thesaurus.com obsequious Definition: groveling, submissive Synonyms: abject, beggarly, brownnosing, complacent, compliable, compliant, cringing, crouching, deferential, enslaved, fawning, flattering, ingratiating, kowtowing, menial, obeisant, oily, parasitic, parasitical, prostrate, respectful, servile, slavish, sneaking, sniveling, spineless, stipendiary, subject, submissive, subordinate, subservient, toadying, unctuous
(also, from fawning) adulatory, bootlicking, bowing, cowering, crawling, humble, mealy-mouthed, scraping
and, from me: meeching oleaginous smarmy [crossthreading!] sequacious sycophantic, sycophantical, sycophantish
FYI meeching Now regional (chiefly New England) skulking, furtive; mean, cheap, contemptible; poor, obsequious
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The Uriah Heep kind of obsequiousness? Yes, the idea of a context might help.
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How 'bout another one: "just not worth the effort?" ... I mean when the stomach has sucessfully made the trip to iceland who in their right minds will compete with such perfection? PS: Am I on the wrong thread? I think I'm on the wrong board! This isn't weight watchers anonymous? Shudda taken the left toin for that one! Sorry!
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"Politicians have to be able to have a high degree of acceptance of"...... ehmm......bribes?
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