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disloyalty

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /dɪsˈlɔɪ.(j)əɫ.ti/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: D IH0 S L OY1 AH0 L T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An act of being disloyal; a betrayal, faithbreach.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The quality of being disloyal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the quality of being disloyal

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: loyalty

Broader terms: infidelity, unfaithfulness

Narrower terms: disaffection, treason, subversiveness, traitorousness, perfidy, perfidiousness, treachery

History

Etymology

From Old French desloiauté (Modern French déloyauté), from des- + loiauté (“loyalty”).

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Esperanto: malfidelo — act of being disloyal
  • Finnish: epälojaalisuus — act of being disloyal
  • German: Illoyalität — act of being disloyal
  • Russian: неве́рность (nevérnostʹ) — act of being disloyal
  • Afrikaans: dislojaliteit — quality of being disloyal
  • Asturian: desllealtá — quality of being disloyal
  • Catalan: deslleialtat — quality of being disloyal
  • Danish: illoyalitet — quality of being disloyal
  • Esperanto: malfidelo — quality of being disloyal
  • Finnish: epälojaalisuus — quality of being disloyal
  • French: déloyauté — quality of being disloyal
  • Galician: deslealdade — quality of being disloyal
  • Georgian: ორგულობა (orguloba) — quality of being disloyal
  • Georgian: არალოიალურობა (araloialuroba) — quality of being disloyal
  • Georgian: ღალატი (ɣalaṭi) — quality of being disloyal
  • German: Illoyalität — quality of being disloyal
  • Irish: mídhílseacht — quality of being disloyal
  • Italian: slealtà — quality of being disloyal
  • Norwegian Bokmål: illojalitet — quality of being disloyal
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: illojalitet — quality of being disloyal
  • Occitan: desleialtat — quality of being disloyal
  • Polish: nielojalność — quality of being disloyal
  • Polish: brak lojalności — quality of being disloyal
  • Portuguese: deslealdade — quality of being disloyal
  • Russian: неве́рность (nevérnostʹ) — quality of being disloyal
  • Spanish: deslealtad — quality of being disloyal
  • Swedish: illojalitet — quality of being disloyal
  • Ukrainian: неві́рність (nevírnistʹ) — quality of being disloyal