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Collocations for loyalty - noun

ADJECTIVE

absolute, complete, total, undivided, undying, unswerving, unwavering
He showed unswerving loyalty to his friends.
long-term
fierce, great, intense, strong, tremendous
unquestioning
blind
conflicting, divided, dual
Disagreements with one's in-laws often create divided loyalties.
primary
His primary loyalty was to his family.
family, personal, tribal
local, regional
ethnic, religious
party, political
brand, consumer, customer

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VERB + loyalty

command, earn, engender, inspire, win
He inspires great loyalty from all his employees.
build, create
attempts to build customer loyalty
retain
feel, have
demonstrate, display, express, prove, show
declare, pledge, swear
They pledged their loyalty to the king.
shift, switch, transfer (esp. BrE)
Some party members found it hard to switch their loyalty to the new leader.
demand, expect
buy
It was a blatant attempt to buy their loyalty.
reward
The company rewards customer loyalty by offering discounts.
owe
She owed no loyalty to him.
doubt, question
test

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loyalty + VERB

be, lie, remain
His loyalties lay with people from the same background as himself.

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loyalty + NOUN

oath
test
card (= that gives benefits to regular customers of a shop/store, etc.)
points (BrE)
Customers earn loyalty points every time they shop in the store.
programme/program, scheme (BrE)
bonus (BrE)

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PREPOSITION

out of loyalty
She stayed on at the school out of loyalty to her students.
loyalty among
The town is the object of fierce loyalty among its inhabitants.
loyalty for
Mass advertising creates brand loyalty for a product.
loyalty from
The company expects loyalty from its employees.
loyalty to
men whose loyalty is to their political careers
loyalty towards/toward
The team members felt tremendous loyalty towards/toward one another.

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PHRASES

a conflict of loyalties
an oath of loyalty, a pledge of loyalty
a sense of loyalty

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