Loyalization

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The action of converting someone into a loyal supporter or adherent of a cause, organization, or leader
2. The process of instilling or strengthening loyalty in a person or group toward a particular entity or ideology
3. The act of cultivating devotion or allegiance in individuals through indoctrination or persuasion

Etymology: "Loyalization" is built from "loyalize," a verb meaning to make loyal, with the suffix "-ation," which turns a verb into a noun for the act or process of doing something. So the word names the process of making someone or something loyal. The "-ize" in "loyalize" follows the common pattern of verbs formed from adjectives, as in "legalize" from "legal." The word is a piecewise doublet of "legalization," meaning the two share a parallel formation: "legal" and "loyal" differ by a single letter, and both pass through the same "-ize" and "-ation" pattern. Each pair of words follows the same route from adjective to verb to noun, which is why they look so alike in structure. Their meanings, of course, have nothing in common beyond that shared process.