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The Mohawks have on all occasions shown their zeal and loyalty to the Great King; yet they have been very badly treated by his people.
Joseph Brant

Meaning of "loyalty" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LOYALTY

loyalty  [ˈlɔɪəltɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LOYALTY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Loyalty is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LOYALTY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Loyalty

Loyalty is faithfulness or a devotion to a person, country, group, or cause. There are many aspects to loyalty. John Kleinig, professor of Philosophy at City University of New York, observes that over the years the idea has been treated by writers from Aeschylus through John Galsworthy to Joseph Conrad, by psychologists, psychiatrists, sociologists, scholars of religion, political economists, scholars of business and marketing, and — most particularly — by political theorists, who deal with it in terms of loyalty oaths and patriotism. As a philosophical concept, loyalty was largely untreated by philosophers until the work of Josiah Royce, the "grand exception" in Kleinig's words. John Ladd, professor of Philosophy at Brown University writing in the Macmillan Encyclopaedia of Philosophy in 1967, observes that by that time the subject had received "scant attention in philosophical literature". This he attributed to "odious" associations that the subject had with nationalism, including the nationalism of Nazism, and with the metaphysics of idealism, which he characterized as "obsolete".

Definition of loyalty in the English dictionary

The definition of loyalty in the dictionary is the state or quality of being loyal. Other definition of loyalty is a feeling of allegiance.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LOYALTY


admiralty
ˈædmərəltɪ
casualty
ˈkæʒjʊəltɪ
commonalty
ˈkɒmənəltɪ
cruelty
ˈkruːəltɪ
difficulty
ˈdɪfɪkəltɪ
disloyalty
dɪsˈlɔɪəltɪ
faculty
ˈfækəltɪ
fealty
ˈfiːəltɪ
interfaculty
ˌɪntəˈfækəltɪ
mayoralty
ˈmɛərəltɪ
novelty
ˈnɒvəltɪ
penalty
ˈpɛnəltɪ
personalty
ˈpɜːsənəltɪ
realtie
ˈrɪəltɪ
realty
ˈrɪəltɪ
royalty
ˈrɔɪəltɪ
specialty
ˈspɛʃəltɪ
subtlety
ˈsʌtəltɪ
vice-admiralty
ˌvaɪsˈædmərəltɪ
viceroyalty
ˌvaɪsˈrɔɪəltɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LOYALTY

loxodrome
loxodromic
loxodromical
loxodromically
loxodromics
loxodromy
loy
loya jirga
loyal
loyalism
loyalist
loyally
loyalties
loyalty card
Loyang
Loyola
lozen
lozenge
lozenged
lozengy

WORDS THAT END LIKE LOYALTY

brand loyalty
death penalty
ephoralty
lealty
malty
mesnalty
officialty
salty
seignioralty
sheriffalty
shrievalty
spiritualty
temporalty
the death penalty
walty

Synonyms and antonyms of loyalty in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LOYALTY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «loyalty» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of loyalty

Translation of «loyalty» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LOYALTY

Find out the translation of loyalty to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of loyalty from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «loyalty» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

忠诚
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lealtad
570 millions of speakers

English

loyalty
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वफादारी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إِخْلَاْصٌ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

лояльность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lealdade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আনুগত্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

loyauté
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kesetiaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Loyalität
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

忠誠
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

충성
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kasetyan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lòng trung thành
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விசுவாசத்தை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निष्ठा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bağlılık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lealtà
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

lojalność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відданість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

loialitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αφοσίωση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lojaliteit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lojalitet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lojalitet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of loyalty

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LOYALTY»

The term «loyalty» is very widely used and occupies the 11.982 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LOYALTY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about loyalty

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10 QUOTES WITH «LOYALTY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word loyalty.
1
Floyd Abrams
I still owe a duty of loyalty to my clients and former clients, so I cannot specify which clients I did not especially find congenial, but the cause was the same.
2
Gordon W. Allport
It takes a major unhappiness, a prolonged and bitter experience, to drive us away from loyalties once formed. And sometimes no amount of punishment can make us repudiate our loyalty.
3
Zygmunt Bauman
The consumerist culture insists that swearing eternal loyalty to anything and anybody is imprudent, since in this world new glittering opportunities crop up daily.
4
Conrad Black
Although his personality is generally quite agreeable, Mr Murdoch has no loyalty to anyone or anything except his company.
5
Steven Blum
Anime has been good to me. I made and continue to make very little money at it, but the undying, feverish loyalty of the fans of the genre has been such a life-changing influence for me that I wanted to do everything I possibly could to help give something back to them.
6
Joseph Brant
The Mohawks have on all occasions shown their zeal and loyalty to the Great King; yet they have been very badly treated by his people.
7
Thomas Bulfinch
Religion united its influence with those of loyalty and love, and the order of knighthood, endowed with all the sanctity and religious awe that attended the priesthood, became an object of ambition to the greatest sovereigns.
8
Arthur Capper
I urge the enactment of a civil service law so explicit and so strong that no partisan official will dare evade it, basing all rewards, promotions and salaries solely on merit, on loyalty and industry in the public service.
9
John Cena
I'm the one person who wears the words 'hustle, loyalty, respect' on my T-shirts and merchandise. My audience is children. It's very flattering to see a kid wear your T-shirt; it's even more flattering to have a dad come up to you and say, 'I watch you with my kid. Keep doing what you're doing. You're a role model for my son.'
10
John Cena
When people show loyalty to you, you take care of those who are with you. It's how it goes with everything. If you have a small circle of friends, and one of those friends doesn't stay loyal to you, they don't stay your friend for very long.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LOYALTY»

Discover the use of loyalty in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to loyalty and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, ...
Albert O. Hirschman makes a basic distinction between alternative ways of reacting to deterioration in business firms and, in general, to dissatisfaction with organizations: one, “exit,” is for the member to quit the organization or for ...
Albert O. Hirschman, 1970
2
The Loyalty Effect: The Hidden Force Behind Growth, Profits, ...
The Loyalty Effect will change the way you think about loyalty, profits, and the nature of business. Fred Reichheld is a Director Emeritus of Bain & Company and a Bain Fellow. He is also the author of Loyalty Rules!
Frederick F. Reichheld, Thomas Teal, 2001
3
Loyalty
Protecting the interests of her managerial father and dysfunctional family business by working as a private investigator, Fina tackles the most challenging case of her career when a sister-in-law goes missing, a situation that is ...
Ingrid Thoft, 2013
4
Customer Loyalty Programmes and Clubs
Stephan Butscher's step-by-step guide explains how the key to customer loyalty lies in identifying and offering your customers the right combination of financial and non-financial benefits.
Stephan A. Butscher, 2002
5
Building Customer Loyalty: The 21 Essential Elements ... in ...
Quick, easy reading, Building Customer loyalty demystifies 21 emotional elements of loyalty giving you both the theory and the action steps to achieve new levels of loyalty.
JoAnna Brandi, 2001
6
Loyalty Myths: Hyped Strategies That Will Put You Out of ...
Each of the beliefs in this book is debunked with real-world examples. While other books speak in platitudes; this book is the only one to validate each proposition with real data.
Timothy L. Keiningham, Terry G. Vavra, Lerzan Aksoy, 2005
7
Monster Loyalty: How Lady Gaga Turns Followers into Fanatics
In Monster Loyalty marketing expert Jackie Huba explores Gaga’s biography and fan philosophy and isolates the seven lessons any business can learn from her. For instance.
Jackie Huba, 2013
8
Researching Customer Satisfaction & Loyalty: How to Find Out ...
The book also looks at the factors that both supplier and client need to consider when preparing a research brief and proposal, how interest in this area is changing and what the future holds for research into customer satisfaction.
Paul Szwarc, 2005
9
Measuring Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty: Survey Design, ...
"The third edition of this best-seller updates its detailed information about how to construct, evaluate, and use questionnaires, and adds an entirely new chapter on customer loyalty.
Bob E. Hayes, 2008
10
The Handbook of Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty Measurement
The third edition of the book offers a thorough guide to collecting and reporting accurate measures of customer satisfaction as well as useful advice on how to use the measures to drive performance improvement.
Nigel Hill, Jim Alexander, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LOYALTY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term loyalty is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Iran deal tests Dems' loyalty to Obama | TheHill
President Obama's nuclear agreement with Iran is the latest test of the Democrats' loyalty toward their ally in the White House. Coming off a ... «The Hill, Jul 15»
2
Redskins announce happy-hour specials outside FedEx Field and a …
There will be a new Redskins Rewards loyalty program for season-ticket holders, who will earn “yards” that can be “redeemed for various ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
3
Comcast BusinessVoice: How To Build Customer Loyalty - Forbes
How To Build Customer Loyalty. Comcast Business Contributor , Comcast Business. Comment Now. Follow Comments Following Comments ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
4
Status match included in relaunched MSC loyalty program: Travel …
MSC Cruises said it has relaunched its MSC Club loyalty program under a new name, MSC Voyagers Club, with a host of new benefits and ... «Travel Weekly, Jul 15»
5
The Cost (and Complications) of Omnichannel Loyalty | PYMNTS.com
I think the effectiveness of loyalty programs will be determined by their ... The bigger retailers, in general, are all delivering loyalty at various ... «PYMNTS.com, Jul 15»
6
China raps state-owned firms for lack of party loyalty - The Irish Times
China's top graft-busting agency rapped the country's powerful state-owned industries on Monday for their often hazy loyalty to the ruling ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
7
8 Awesome Retailer Loyalty Programs | Credit.com
Are there certain retailers you frequent more often than you'd like to admit? Many retailers have loyalty programs that can be pretty rewarding, ... «Credit.com News, Jul 15»
8
These expats have 325 years of loyalty to Barclays - now their …
These seven expats between them have 325 years of loyalty to Barclays - and now their accounts are being closed with NO apology. Barclays ... «This is Money, Jul 15»
9
What drives loyalty programs? – The Financial Express
Hotel loyalty and reward program features and benefits – earning and redeeming rewards – prove key to member satisfaction regardless of the ... «Financial Express, Jul 15»
10
Energy suppliers use the "loyalty of their customers to rip people off …
"Now my general feeling is that the bigger suppliers don't value their loyal customers, and in fact, use the loyalty of their customers to rip people ... «Scottish Daily Record, Jul 15»

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