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US
/dɪˌmɔɹəɫɪˈzeɪʃən/
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NOUN
- depression resulting from an undermining of your morale
- destroying the moral basis for a doctrine or policy
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a state of disorder and confusion
his inconsistency resulted in the demoralization of his staff
How To Use demoralization In A Sentence
- So on this line of thought, the anti-social behavior of young people in this category derives from their "demoralization" -- their failure, or society's failure, to absorb a compelling set of normative standards about personal and social conduct. Disaffected youth
- Emphasising that the issue concerns India's "self-respect", Prasad said the government's handling of the issue is sending out a "wrong message" and causing "demoralisation" in the country. Daily News & Analysis
- But when you put the escalation next to Obama's wavering on the public option; next to his broken promises of transparency; next to his stances on the Patriot Act and Gitmo; next to his full-on abandonment of his NAFTA pledges -- well, you get the kind of demoralization that Kos's new poll shows. David Sirota: The Demoralized Democratic Base
- Neil MuirShrewsbury• I wonder whether our political leaders have studied the words of Petronius in 200BCE Editorial, 21 February: "Reorganisation is a wonderful method for creating the illusion of progress, while producing confusion, inefficiency and demoralisation. Letters: More Danish yarns
- Once a fateful decision has been taken, an open mind becomes a luxury because any reappraisal may result in confused orders and demoralization.
- The guard allocated to her had removed all her make-up kit from her handbag, a subtle attempt at demoralization.
- Developing countries' monitoring systems can suffer from a variety of problems, including demoralisation in the institutions that oversee them because of low pay, high stress and lack of resources.
- Two trucks, four families, demoralization, that is what the abstraction called an economy is all about. The BudgetRule of Law vs. Rule of Man
- That last sentence in particular registers a serious demoralisation and also political degeneration.
- And you will also find, if you ever have the sense or courage to look the facts of modern history in the face, that those two itches, for the pot and the pipe, have been the roots of every other demoralization of the filthiest and literally 'scurviest' sort among Love's Meinie Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds
