loyalism

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
15
Letters
8

Definition of loyalism

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)The 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.”
    “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.”

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Etymology

From loyal + -ism. Piecewise doublet of legalism.

Anagrams of loyalism

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6 words

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2-letter words

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