#adulare

• Adulation — The act of adulating and its dynamic outcome; the expression of excessive, blind, and uncritical admiration toward someone. It constitutes a gesture of servile flattery or sycophancy, often performed out of self-interest or opportunism to secure favors, protection, or privileges from an individual of higher social or political status. In modern sociology, the term also details the collective idealization of celebrities or dictators within personality cults.
• Adulation — Excessive, servile, and often hypocritical praise; blind and exaggerated admiration displayed toward a person, an idol, or an authoritative figure. The phenomenon implies a total idealization of the subject, frequently used within power structures or personality cults to maintain an infallible public image. Unlike sincere appreciation, adulation is guided by hidden interests, social opportunism, or mass conformity.