demoralization

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The demoralization of the scientific workforce represents a critical long-term threat, transforming scientific careers from noble professions into professionally risky endeavors.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2025

And the costs of that corruption, I’d argue, include a process of demoralization.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 21, 2022

For nearly three hours, “The Batman,” directed by Matt Reeves from a script he wrote with Peter Craig, navigates a familiar environment of crime, corruption and demoralization in search of something different.

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2022

A few years later, Miguel Julião, a Lisbon physician, and his colleagues conducted a much smaller trial in Portugal in which dignity therapy did reduce demoralization, desire for death, depression and anxiety.

From Washington Post • Dec. 3, 2021

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