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mutual admiration societies

mutual admiration societies is the plural of mutual admiration society.

Meaning of mutual admiration society

Noun

mutual admiration society (plural mutual admiration societies)

  1. (derogatory, idiomatic) 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.
    • Those two are incessantly flattering one another. They've formed an utterly nauseating mutual admiration society!

Questions about mutual admiration societies

What is mutual admiration societies the plural of?
Mutual admiration societies is the plural of mutual admiration society.

Words near mutual admiration societies in the dictionary

  1. muttrimonies
  2. muttrimony
  3. mutts
  4. mutua
  5. mutual
  6. mutual admiration societies
  7. mutual admiration society
  8. mutual assured destruction
  9. mutual combat
  10. mutual combats
  11. mutual consent

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