adulación

n. adulation, flattery, sycophancy

= sycophancy, adulation, flattery.
Ex: During his ascendancy he was accused of sycophancy by other staff members.
Ex: This article argues that mindless adulation is no substitute for honest discussions of the bad as well as the good in young adult literature.
Ex: The effects of flattery from a computer can produce the same general effects as flattery from humans, as described in the psychology literature.