DEMORALIZATION Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

demoralization

noun

Definition of demoralization

as in degradation

a sinking to a state of low moral standards and behavior a general state of demoralization prevailed at every level of the government

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as in despair

the state of being discouraged the officers struggled to combat the demoralization of the troops as their tour of duty grew longer

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Recent Examples of demoralization Because many women have dealt with demoralization and shame for years, cognitive behavioral therapy can also help. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 27 July 2026 The result is exhaustion and quiet demoralization. — Jeffrey Sanchez-Burks, Fortune, 13 May 2026 Would your organization be able to recover from the loss and demoralization to do its work? — Tracy Stone-Manning, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2026 Nothing could quite match that, but Michigan’s 90-73 demoralization of Arizona got close. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2026 The melancholy truth is that things have sunk into a morass of demoralization and low standards, with journalism inhabiting the poverty sector among the disciplines, and this at a time when communications nationally and internationally have reached an apex of urgency and complexity. — David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025

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Noun

Since optical switches aren’t subject to the same amount of degradation as traditional mechanical switches, the representative argued, users won’t need to swap them over time.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 5 Oct. 2026
There are also practical questions around battery degradation, consumer compensation, privacy, and who gets to control an asset in someone’s home.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of degradation

Noun

Borisov’s brainy, tender, deeply contemplative performance lends an anchoring humanity to a film that might otherwise have curdled into sourness and despair — though there’s plenty of reason for that.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026
Ashley Flynn’s sister, Kayla Keyt, said during her victim statement that her family could not overcome their sense of shock and despair after learning that Flynn betrayed them in such a violent and horrible way.

— Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of despair

Noun

Talarico’s success so far can partly be chalked up to voters’ apprehensions toward Paxton, who faced questions in his past over corruption, including being impeached by his own party in the Texas legislature.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026
Blagojevich was impeached, removed from office by a unanimous 59-0 Illinois Senate vote and convicted of federal corruption offenses.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of corruption

Noun

To his dismay, many of the exultant people in cowboy hats, burnt orange T-shirts and other spirit gear appeared to be of South Asian heritage.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026
Holmes denies having said it, and the remark isn’t on the couple’s own recordings of the interviews in question, but, to their dismay, the article’s editor, after reviewing the journalist’s notes, stands by the reporting.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026

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