Synonyms for demoralization
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dih-mawr-uh-lahyz, -mor- |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈmɔr əˌlaɪz, -ˈmɒr- |
Définition of demoralization
Origin :- 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.
- noun disheartenment
- The demoralization was not by any means confined to the minor roads.
- Extract from : « The Railroad Question » by William Larrabee
- This avoids a general pay day and the demoralization that would likely follow.
- Extract from : « The Negro Farmer » by Carl Kelsey
- It was an ominous joke that proved the demoralization of the Russian detachment.
- Extract from : « Beasts, Men and Gods » by Ferdinand Ossendowski
- In the midst of this demoralization Toombs was a pillar of fire.
- Extract from : « Robert Toombs » by Pleasant A. Stovall
- He is just the man to tell us all about the demoralization of war.
- Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, October, 1864 » by Various
- In this way the demoralization of Grimworth women was checked.
- Extract from : « Brother Jacob » by George Eliot
- Demoralization was spreading; something must be done, and done quickly, too.
- Extract from : « A Tramp Abroad, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
- It is the demoralization of all sound political action and life.
- Extract from : « The Complete Essays of C. D. Warner » by Charles Dudley Warner
- Often have we to deplore the demoralization we have conveyed to distant countries.
- Extract from : « A World of Wonders » by Various
- Certainly, not in the demoralization into which I see it now wandering.
- Extract from : « The Wasted Generation » by Owen Johnson
Antonyms for demoralization
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