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Atmosphere vs Yesmanship - What's the difference?

atmosphere | yesmanship |

As nouns the difference between atmosphere and yesmanship

is that atmosphere is atmosphere while yesmanship is an atmosphere in which people claim to agree with leadership for political reasons, even when they don't actually agree with leadership.

atmosphere

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body.
  • The air in a particular place.
  • *
  • *:Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor;.
  • The mood or feeling in a situation.
  • A unit of measurement for pressure (symbol: atm)

    • Synonyms

    * (mood) air, ambiance, feeling, mood

    Meronyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * atmospheric * atmospherics

    See also

    * ambiance, ambience * mood

    yesmanship

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • An atmosphere in which people claim to agree with leadership for political reasons, even when they don't actually agree with leadership
  • :Like corruption, yesmanship also pervades the Indian bureaucracy. -Brij Mohan Sharma, K. R. Bombwall, L. P. Choudhry
  • The state of being a yes man
  • :He chose his lieutenants for their yesmanship and promoted according to political loyalty, not seniority or merit. -Dennis Bloodworth