Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mutual admiration society

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.50 in modern English

Syllables: mu-tu-al ad-mi-ra-tion -so-ci-ety
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

23

Letters

9

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A group of two or more people, in a workplace or other social environment, who routinely express considerable esteem and support for one another, sometimes to the point of exaggeration or pretense.

Derogatory

Example Sentences

"Those two are incessantly flattering one another. They've formed an utterly nauseating mutual admiration society!"
"And the said members did accordingly resolve themselves into a little "mutual admiration society" for the entertainment and benefit of their visitors."
"The note is from a special friend of yours; indeed I think you form a little mutual-admiration society."
"Vandeloup smiled at this, and came to the conclusion that the Wopples family was a mutual admiration society."
"If you don't want a mutual admiration society, which dies as soon as you've all discovered each other's faults, you must nobble the Press."
"Joe DiMaggio and Willie Mays had a mutual admiration society and the Clipper was happy to put his respect into writing."

Usage

Derogatory

Inflected Forms

mutual admiration societies (plural)

Synonyms

circle jerk echo chamber filter bubble hugbox

Questions

What does mutual admiration society mean?: A group of two or more people, in a workplace or other social environment, who routinely express considerable esteem and support for one another, sometimes to the point of exaggeration or pretense.

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