To daydream or fantasize about being associated with someone well-known, popular, or powerful, by spreading exaggerations of alleged good traits of one’s hero, and by circulating lies regarding their rivals or enemies.
He would often sycophantasize about enabling a wealthy or well-known, narcissistic individual; he rehearsed in his mind, the bowing fawning and false flattery, needed to elevate his idol, choosing among his hero’s adversaries, whom he could most profit from spreading misleading rumors about them.
by Hypatia-Kant August 19, 2018