Also flunkism. [f. as prec. + -ISM.] The quality characteristic of a flunkey; the manners, speech, etc., of a flunkey.
1831. Fraser’s Mag., IV. Oct., 312/2. With an intellect like a flickering rush-light in the socket, attempting to redeem the fortunes of a sinking journal, which its own inconsistencies and flunkism had irrevocably damned.
1843. Carlyle, Past & Pr., I. vi. (1872), 30. We, for our share, will put away all Flunkeyism, Baseness, Unveracity from us.
1886. Law Times, LXXX. 27 Feb., 297/2. Flunkeyism and toadyism in legal proceedings have not been diminishing of late years.
