Definition of "ingratiation" [ingratiation]

• The state of being ingratiated (noun)

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• "This kind of honor, also known as ingratiation, is gained by improving America's poll numbers in global opinion surveys."
• "They also were more likely to engage in political behaviors such as ingratiation, self-promotion and doing favors."
• "Saskia Wickham conveys the strain of preserving the marital facade and there is a peach of a performance from Graham Seed as a sly blackmailer who veers between ingratiation and menace."