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demoralization

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of demoralization

1 a sinking to a state of low moral standards and behavior

  • a general state of demoralization prevailed at every level of the government
Synonyms of demoralization

abjection, corruption, corruptness, debasement, debauchery, decadence, decadency, degeneracy, degenerateness, degeneration, degradation, depravity, dissipatedness, dissipation, dissoluteness, libertinage, libertinism, perversion, pervertedness, rakishness, turpitude
Words Related to demoralization

evil, immorality, sinfulness, villainy, wickedness

filth, gangrene, rot, squalor
Near Antonyms of demoralization

goodness, morality, righteousness, virtue

2 the state of being discouraged

  • the officers struggled to combat the demoralization of the troops as their tour of duty grew longer
Synonyms of demoralization

despair, despondency, discouragement, disheartenment, dismay, dispiritedness
Words Related to demoralization

blues, dejection, depression, dumps, gloom, melancholy, mopes

defeatism, pessimism, resignation
Near Antonyms of demoralization

optimism, sanguinity
Antonyms of demoralization

encouragement

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