disloyalty
pronunciation
How to pronounce disloyalty in British English:
UK [dɪs'lɔɪəltɪ]
How to pronounce disloyalty in American English:
US [dɪsˈlɔɪəlti]
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- Noun:
- the quality of being disloyal
Word Origin
- disloyalty (n.)
- early 15c., from Middle French desloyaulte, from Old French desloiaute, desleauté "disloyalty, faithlessness, marital infidelity," from desloial (see disloyal). Especially of allegiance to a state or sovereign since c. 1600.
Example
- 1. Eg. the foreign minister had to pay the price for his disloyalty to the government an resign .
- 2. For china , such a discussion may smack of disloyalty and risk exacerbating what it fears most-chaos in the north .
- 3. According to ms chang and mr halliday , a doctor who saved his life was left to die on a prison floor after being falsely accused of disloyalty .
- 4. In times past , palestinians looked at their brethren who remained behind under israeli rule as collaborators . Israeli arabs for their part were cowed by official suspicions of disloyalty .
- 5. Any attempt to short-circuit the hierarchy is deemed an act of disloyalty and a violation of the traditional consensual corporate culture .