assentation

English

Etymology

From Latin assentatio. See assent.

Noun

assentation (countable and uncountable, plural assentations)

1. Insincere or obsequious assent; hypocritical or pretended concurrence.
   • 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.