loyalism

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noun

The property of being a loyalist.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

nounloyalism (usually uncountable, plural loyalisms)

plural loyalisms

  1. uncountableusuallyThe property of being a loyalist.

    And still there is about him a hint of the ingenu; a Tiggerish quality of enthusiasm for the [Tony] Blair vision that has nothing to do with fawning loyalism.

    1996, New Statesman, volume 125, London: New Statesman Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 25, column 2
    1 more example

    In December, the province made it optional for elected officials to swear an oath of allegiance to the king. But Quebec was once also a bastion of loyalism to the monarchy, one with a 200-year history of staunch attachment to the crown, said Damien-Claude Bélanger, a history professor at the University of Ottawa who is writing a book on the subject.

    2023 May 6, Vjosa Isai, “Canadians greet the coronation with a muted response.”, in The New York Times

Origin

Translations

Spanish lealismo
  • lealismoTranslations
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APA

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Chicago

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