Loyalisation

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The act or process of winning over a person, group, or population so that they become faithful and committed to a cause or authority
2. The gradual making of people or institutions into devoted supporters of a government, leader, or ideology
3. Bringing about faithfulness and allegiance in individuals or communities toward a particular regime, party, or set of beliefs

Etymology: "Loyalisation" is formed from "loyalise," a verb meaning to make loyal, with the suffix "-ation" added to turn an action into a noun. The suffix comes from Latin "-atio," and it is the same ending found in countless English nouns such as "organisation" or "legislation." The word is also a piecewise doublet of "legalisation." The two share the same suffix and similar spelling patterns, and they can be easily confused because both describe a process of bringing something into a required state, one in terms of law and the other in terms of allegiance. Each keeps its own base, so the pair illustrates how one productive suffix can produce distinct but parallel nouns from different roots.

Synonyms: loyalization