Disloyalty
noun
When someone doesn't support or be loyal to someone or something.
His disloyalty towards his team members caused arguments within the group.
Often appears as...
- act of disloyalty
- disloyalty towards
noun
The action of refusing to follow orders or rules set by a figure of authority.
The soldier was punished for his disloyalty to his commander.
Often appears as...
- prove disloyalty
- disloyalty against
noun
When someone doesn't support or be loyal to someone or something.
His disloyalty towards his team members caused arguments within the group.
Often appears as...
- act of disloyalty
- disloyalty towards
noun
The action of refusing to follow orders or rules set by a figure of authority.
The soldier was punished for his disloyalty to his commander.
Often appears as...
- prove disloyalty
- disloyalty against
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Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Impact
Disloyalty often implies hurt feelings or betrayal on a personal level.
She never recovered from the disloyalty of her close friend.
Pro Tip 2/3Consequence Focus
Use it to highlight the negative consequences that come from not being loyal.
His disloyalty resulted in the loss of trust within the team.
Pro Tip 3/3Group Dynamics
Often used to describe actions affecting collective morale or unity.
The committee saw his actions as a disloyalty to the group's cause.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Impact
Disloyalty often implies hurt feelings or betrayal on a personal level.
She never recovered from the disloyalty of her close friend.
Pro Tip 2/3Consequence Focus
Use it to highlight the negative consequences that come from not being loyal.
His disloyalty resulted in the loss of trust within the team.
Pro Tip 3/3Group Dynamics
Often used to describe actions affecting collective morale or unity.
The committee saw his actions as a disloyalty to the group's cause.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Impact
Disloyalty often implies hurt feelings or betrayal on a personal level.
She never recovered from the disloyalty of her close friend.
Pro Tip 2/3Consequence Focus
Use it to highlight the negative consequences that come from not being loyal.
His disloyalty resulted in the loss of trust within the team.
Pro Tip 3/3Group Dynamics
Often used to describe actions affecting collective morale or unity.
The committee saw his actions as a disloyalty to the group's cause.
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The rise and fall of the...
making its planned economy even less competitive. Life in East Germany passed under the watchful eye of the Stasi, the secret police whose wiretaps and informants monitored citizens for any hint of disloyalty. While there was free health care and education in the East,
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Why you think you're...
for the crime of disloyalty to the army. A lot of people feel like Picquart can't really be the hero of this story because he was an anti-Semite and that's bad, which I agree with. But personally, for me, the fact that Picquart was anti-Semitic
Video examples
The rise and fall of the...
making its planned economy even less competitive. Life in East Germany passed under the watchful eye of the Stasi, the secret police whose wiretaps and informants monitored citizens for any hint of disloyalty. While there was free health care and education in the East,
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Why you think you're...
for the crime of disloyalty to the army. A lot of people feel like Picquart can't really be the hero of this story because he was an anti-Semite and that's bad, which I agree with. But personally, for me, the fact that Picquart was anti-Semitic
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Quote examples
Karen Salmansohn
American Author
Have you recently been through a challenge, disappointment, break up or disloyalty with somebody in your life? If so, it's important after you've been hurt, to take some time to think like a lion tamer about your pain, so you can tame the possibility of more negativity coming back to bite you again!
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John Buchanan Robinson
American Politician
It was the king's army, the king's people, the king's taxes; and he who questioned the propriety of the royal prerogative of taking from his people without return or accounting, was reckoned, and felt himself to be, a criminal, guilty of the highest crime of disloyalty.
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Marianne Williamson
American Author
There's no reason to think that you'll be capable of loyalty to a diet until you address your basic disloyalty toward yourself.
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Edward R. Murrow
American Journalist
We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it.
Quote examples
Karen Salmansohn
American Author
Have you recently been through a challenge, disappointment, break up or disloyalty with somebody in your life? If so, it's important after you've been hurt, to take some time to think like a lion tamer about your pain, so you can tame the possibility of more negativity coming back to bite you again!
Quote examples
John Buchanan Robinson
American Politician
It was the king's army, the king's people, the king's taxes; and he who questioned the propriety of the royal prerogative of taking from his people without return or accounting, was reckoned, and felt himself to be, a criminal, guilty of the highest crime of disloyalty.
Quote examples
Marianne Williamson
American Author
There's no reason to think that you'll be capable of loyalty to a diet until you address your basic disloyalty toward yourself.
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Edward R. Murrow
American Journalist
We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it.
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