yesmanship

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An atmosphere in which people claim to agree with leadership for political reasons, despite holding other opinions privately.

    不可数

    Like corruption, yesmanship also pervades the Indian bureaucracy. -Brij Mohan Sharma, K. R. Bombwall, L. P. Choudhry

  2. 2.

    The state of being a yes man.

    不可数

    He chose his lieutenants for their yesmanship and promoted according to political loyalty, not seniority or merit. -Dennis Bloodworth

词源

From yesman + -ship.

来源:wiktionary