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Loyalism

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loy·al·ist  (loi-lst)
n.
1. One who maintains loyalty to an established government, political party, or sovereign, especially during war or revolutionary change.
2. Loyalist See Tory.
3. Loyalist One who supported the established government of Spain during the Spanish Civil War.

loyal·ism n.

Loyalism
1. a dedication to the British cause during the American revolution; Toryism.
2. an adherence to the cause of the republic during the Spanish Civil War. — Loyalist, n., adj.
See also: Politics


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In politics, Landon Carter tried to find a middle path between obsequious loyalism and radical resistance.
Writing and Political Engagement in Seventeenth-Century Enland is dedicated to the memory and work of literary scholar John Wallace, especially his Destiny His Choice: The Loyalism of Andrew Marvell.
Bunyan's statements professing loyalism are abundant, especially in his late and posthumous works.
 
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