The international order has been powerfully affected in the 2010s by autocrats who promise security and a degree of prosperity in return for unquestioning loyalty.

Their unquestioning loyalty can carry a high price.

Her future in-laws had a deeply traditional marriage, based on unquestioning loyalty and clearly deined roles.

He found himself under pressure to display unquestioning loyalty to a crown that was unpopular amongst his followers, and he struggled in these trying circumstances.

This was a strictly hierarchical structure in which orders flowed from the top, and unquestioning loyalty was given to superiors.