Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The state of the spirits of a person or group as exhibited by confidence, cheerfulness, discipline, and willingness to perform assigned tasks.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Moral or mental condition as regards courage, zeal, hope, confidence, and the like: used especially of a body of men engaged in a hazardous enterprise, as soldiers or sailors in time of war.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The moral condition, or the condition in other respects, so far as it is affected by, or dependent upon, moral considerations, such as zeal, spirit, hope, and confidence; mental state, as of a body of men, an army, and the like.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
capacity of people tomaintain belief in an institution or a goal, or even in oneself and others.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed
- noun a state of individual psychological well-being based upon a sense of confidence and usefulness and purpose
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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There are lots of talented teachers in our schools and their morale is at rock bottom, never mind the stress from ridiculous (and usually irrelevant) expectations from senior managers.
"Bash the teachers" - The Tories new policy Norfolk Blogger 2009
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The French for what we call morale, writing it in italics under the impression that it is French, is actually moral.
Foreign Words. 1908
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I do not know what you call it, but I call it "morale".
Canada At War 1940
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How do you order layoffs, save every possible dime and maintain morale?
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Even the highest morale is eventually undermined by back-to-back deployments, poor pay, shortages of spare parts and equipment, inadequate training, and rapidly declining readiness.
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Even if things are horrible and morale is low, you do not want to go in and say so to your boss.
How To Handle Post-Recession Job Stress Susan Adams 2010
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Even if things are horrible and morale is low, you do not want to go in and say so to your boss.
How To Handle Post-Recession Job Stress Susan Adams 2010
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If morale is good then productivity will be higher and a willingness to become involved will be the ‘norm’ as opposed to the exception.
The Truth Behind The £100 Phonecalls « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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Even if things are horrible and morale is low, you do not want to go in and say so to your boss.
How To Handle Post-Recession Job Stress Susan Adams 2010
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My own morale is vastly enhanced by a gun — I even have a license for it.
Archive 2010-02-01 Blue Tyson 2010
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