Loyalism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The property of being a loyalist. uncountable, usually

    "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."

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"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."

Etymology

From loyal + -ism. Piecewise doublet of legalism.

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