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Definition of Traitorousness
1. Noun. Disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior.
Generic synonyms: Disloyalty
Specialized synonyms: Betrayal
Derivative terms: Subversive, Traitorous, Treasonist, Treasonous
Definition of Traitorousness
1. Noun. The state or quality of being traitorous. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Traitorousness
Literary usage of Traitorousness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Narratives of Early Carolina, 1650-1708 by Alexander Samuel Salley (1911)
"The failure of his expedition was due to cowardice or traitorousness on the part
of some of his officers, as is even here partially shown by Oldmixon. ..."
2. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"FALSENESS, (false'-nes) ns Contrariety to truth ; want of veracity ; violation
of promise ; duplicity ; deceit ; treachery ; perfidy ; traitorousness. ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... predestined spirit of traitorousness in the envoy, and he returns with a false
tale, which leads the monarch to forget military precautions by dividing ..."
4. The Age of the Fathers: Being Chapters in the History of the Church During by William Bright (1903)
"... to condemn Nestorius; and commented severely on what they called " the senseless
changeableness and manifest traitorousness " of John of Antioch, who, ..."
5. The School of Shakspere by William Shakespeare, J. W. M. Gibbs (1878)
"... some small ground for supposing that one of the arguments by which Sebastian
turned him from his Irish enterprise was the traitorousness of the attempt. ..."
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