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Meaning of assentation | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Insincere or obsequious assent; hypocritical or pretended concurrence.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“August 10, 1749 Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, letter to his son Abject flattery and indiscriminate assentation degrade as much as indiscriminate contradiction and noisy debate disgust.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

Assentations assentator Assented Assenter Assenters Assenting