Attachment
Attachment noun - A feeling of strong or constant regard for and dedication to someone.
Loyalty to and attachment are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Loyalty to" instead a noun "Attachment".
Loyalty to
Attachment and loyalty to are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Attachment" with "Loyalty to", this terms are similar.
Both terms in one sentence
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For example, Bosworth kicks a non-paying but very frequent game-player off the BBS, upon which she fails to grasp that the money is needed more than her attachment to the deadbeat's loyalty to the BBS.
Source: Series / Halt and Catch Fire -
It's heavily implied that the main reason he sticks around is out of loyalty to his former student and Gendo's wife Yui rather than any attachment to Gendo himself, as he actually did not like Gendo at all when they first met.
Source: The Consigliere - A ruthless drug dealer, Marlo has no qualms, seemingly no moral compass, and the closest thing he has to a personal attachment to anyone is a slight bit of loyalty to his hyper loyal Co-Dragons Chris and Snoop.
Source: The Sociopath / Live-Action TV
Cite this Source
Loyalty to and Attachment. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/attachment/loyalty_to
Attachment & Loyalty to. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/attachment/loyalty_to>.
Loyalty to or Attachment. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/attachment/loyalty_to.
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