demoralization

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But the demoralization really comes when you pause for a beat and realize that, behind every single #RaptureTok video, there’s an unspoken yearning for relief.

From Salon • Dec. 21, 2025

Act Three offers a performance at a point when nervous tension, romantic fury and artistic demoralization bring the production to a nervous breakdown.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2025

On Twitter, in interviews and in internal company messages, workers at the San Francisco-based company — most of whom are remote — said they feared widespread demoralization and layoffs.

From Washington Post • Apr. 25, 2022

The ambience of urban demoralization extends to the light bulbs, which flicker weakly in the gloom.

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2022

Having lost her courage, in a miserable state of demoralization, Meme had no other recourse but to bear up under it.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez