Feeling discouraged, weakened in confidence, or having lost your will to fight or try harder.
From French 'démoraliser' (de- + moral), created in the 1790s during the French Revolution. It literally means 'to remove morale' or courage.
Military commanders understood that breaking an enemy's spirit was sometimes more effective than breaking their weapons—that's why demoralization became such an important military and psychological concept!
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