demoralization

noundisheartenment

Synonyms for demoralization

noun disheartenment

Antonyms for demoralization

Word Origin & History

c.1793, "to corrupt the morals of," from French démoraliser, from de- "remove" (see de-) + moral (adj.) (see moral). Said to be a coinage of the French Revolution. Sense of "lower the morale of" (especially of armies) is first recorded 1848. Related: Demoralized; demoralizing.

Example Sentences fordemoralization

The demoralization was not by any means confined to the minor roads.

This avoids a general pay day and the demoralization that would likely follow.

It was an ominous joke that proved the demoralization of the Russian detachment.

In the midst of this demoralization Toombs was a pillar of fire.

He is just the man to tell us all about the demoralization of war.

In this way the demoralization of Grimworth women was checked.

Demoralization was spreading; something must be done, and done quickly, too.

It is the demoralization of all sound political action and life.

Often have we to deplore the demoralization we have conveyed to distant countries.

Certainly, not in the demoralization into which I see it now wandering.

demoralization

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corruption

corruptness

discomfiture

disintegration

villainousness

demoralization

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