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Destroying the moral basis for a doctrine or policy
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demoralization
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Demoralization can be: Decadence , decay of morality Demoralization (warfare) , damaging an enemy's fighting spirit Resentful demoralization , a phenomenon in clinical research
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. destroying the moral basis for a doctrine or policy [syn: demoralisation ] a state of disorder and confusion; "his inconsistency resulted in the demoralization of his staff" [syn: demoralisation ] depression resulting from an undermining of your morale ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Demoralization \De*mor`al*i*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]moralisation.] The act of corrupting or subverting morals. Especially: The act of corrupting or subverting discipline, courage, hope, etc., or the state of being corrupted or subverted in discipline, ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. The act of corrupting or subverting morale, discipline, courage, hope, etc., or the state of being corrupted or subverted in morale. n. The act of corrupting or subverting morale, discipline, courage, hope, etc., or the state of being corrupted or ...
Usage examples of demoralization.
Even before that coming the bachelors had somewhat recovered from their demoralization, and now again they began to pluck up their confidence and to order the younger squires and pages upon this personal service or upon that.
In part because of the decline in spending and in part because of desertions and demoralization, Iraq has also lost its great advantage in size.
The destabilization and demoralization of the United States has long been Moscow’s top priority—no argument about that.
To Thomas, accustomed to thinking in tactical terms, it was obvious that Elephant's first charge had outflanked the enemy in the field, cutting them off from the Castle and completing their demoralization, begun by the night itself.
There was only one way he would be able to find out which foreign agent or British spook had spent a dreary night on station outside his house and now suffered predawn demoralization that required the com.
There was only one way he would be able to find out which foreign agent or British spook had spent a dreary night on station outside his house and now suffered predawn demoralization that required the comfort of a car's heater.
The matter of the goggles which he had reached for repeatedly had upset his superstitious soul, and the display of high-frequency electricity had finished the demoralization.
It has been suggested that it was a mistranslation of a mistransliterated word which gave us this pungent and suggestive name for the Devil, a devil whose name suggests that he is devoted to decay, destruction, demoralization, hysteria and panic and who therefore fits in very well with Golding's theme.
Yet at that time many of the old chiefs had been already depraved by the whisky and other vices of the whites, and in the vicinity of the forts and trading posts at Sioux City, Saint Paul, and Cheyenne, there was general demoralization.