traitorism
- noun
- /ˈtreɪtərˌɪzəm/
- Her traitorism shocked the community, as they had always trusted her to be loyal.
Examples
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Treason and traitorism are the main entrée.
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The public expressed outrage over the politician's traitorism, feeling betrayed by his actions.
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The magnitude and fearlessness with which they now lie with impunity, the way they Photoshop pictures, redden the eyes of our candidates, stage events, edit out material information to distort the narrative, forge documents... this is a new, ugly, despicable traitorism that cannot be denied.
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In a shocking display of traitorism, he leaked classified information to the enemy.
Synonyms
An act of not being loyal to someone, for example telling their secrets or helping an enemy
A crime of betraying your country by helping an enemy or trying to remove the government by force
To betray someone's trust or loyalty
Not supporting a person, group, or cause who trusts you
A crime of betraying someone's country by trying to overthrow the government or help its enemies
Cooperating with an enemy who occupies your country, an act seen as betrayal
To betray someone after pretending to help them
An act of betraying someone who trusted you after pretending to help them
To try to make someone less honest or loyal
A dishonest act that breaks someone's trust
To break the trust someone gives you by acting dishonestly or failing a duty
Acting secretly to hurt someone you seem friendly with
A way of acting that is disloyal and betrays someone's trust
Being disloyal to your country, friends, or cause
To betray someone for money or personal gain
Helping an enemy who controls your country while betraying your people
Helping an enemy who occupies your country and betraying your people
Antonyms
How Disloyal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Traitorism comes from traitor plus the noun ending -ism. It goes back to the old Latin verb tradere, meaning 'to hand over' or 'give', so a traitor is someone who hands their friends or country to an enemy, and traitorism is the act or state of betraying.