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Loves you more than facts, especially when facts stop cooperating.
means Someone who stays faithfully devoted to a person, group, government, or cause, even when loyalty costs them objectivity or convenience.
from Built from 'loyal' plus the agent suffix '-ist,' marking a person who practices or adheres to something. 'Loyal' itself traveled through French 'loial' from Latin 'legalis' — tied to law, 'lex.' So at its root, loyalty meant being bound by law or duty, not sentiment. The word hardened into political use especially around revolutions and civil wars, where 'loyalist' named those who stuck with the crown, the old regime, or the losing side of history — devotion outlasting the cause's chances.
- origin
- term hardened during American Revolution, crown-siders
- psychology
- loyalty often outlasts the reasons that built it
- danger zone
- can't distinguish devotion from denial
- best case
- sticks around when everyone else quietly exits