Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Unwaveringly loyal and steadfast: Describes a person who is extremely faithful and devoted to a person, group, principle, or cause, without changing their allegiance.
   • Genuine and authentic: Can describe something or someone that is completely genuine, typically in adhering to traditional values or characteristics.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • He is a true-blue supporter who has never wavered in his commitment to the party.
  • Her true-blue patriotism was evident in her decades of community service.
  • They are true-blue conservatives who believe in the party's original principles.

Advanced Usage

• Used as a compound modifier: Often hyphenated when used before a noun to describe a person's character.
  • The candidate relied on her true-blue base of volunteers.
• Implies ideological purity: The term often carries a connotation of strict adherence to the fundamental ideals of a group, sometimes suggesting a lack of compromise.
  • The faction was composed of true-blue ideologues who rejected any policy moderation.

Variants and Related Words

• True blueness (noun): The quality or state of being true-blue; unwavering loyalty.
  • Her true blueness was never in question during the crisis.

Synonyms

• Loyal
• Devoted
• Staunch
• Steadfast
• Unswerving

Antonyms

• Disloyal
• Unfaithful
• Fickle
• Treacherous

Related Idioms and Phrases

• True blue will never stain: An old saying implying that a person of genuine, loyal character cannot be corrupted or dishonored.
• (As) true blue as the sky: A simile emphasizing extreme genuineness or loyalty (less common in modern usage).

Adjective

1. marked by unswerving loyalty
   • a true-blue American
   • a reliable true-blue country club conservative