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Morale

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.

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Disposition 76% connected

The act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition of a man's property by will.

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Temperament 76% connected

Internal constitution; state with respect to the relative proportion of different qualities, or constituent parts.

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Aboulia noun · 86% connection

a loss of will power

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Abulia noun · 86% connection

a loss of will power

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Anhedonia noun · 86% connection

an inability to experience pleasure

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Catathymia noun · 86% connection

A state in which mental processes are under the control of the emotions.; "The original idea of catathymia forwarded by Maier (1912),…

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Cognitive state noun · 86% connection

the state of a person's cognitive processes

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Decentering noun · 86% connection

Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development where a child slowly moves away from an egocentric world to a world shared with others.;…

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Decentration noun · 86% connection

Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development where a child slowly moves away from an egocentric world to a world shared with others.;…

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Delusion noun · 86% connection

(psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary

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Delusions of grandeur noun · 86% connection

a delusion (common in paranoia) that you are much greater and more powerful and influential than you really are

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Delusions of persecution noun · 86% connection

a delusion (common in paranoia) that others are out to get you and frustrate and embarrass you or inflict suffering on you; a complica…

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Depersonalisation noun · 86% connection

(existentialism) a loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine

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Depersonalization noun · 86% connection

(existentialism) a loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine

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Disassociation noun · 86% connection

a state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently

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Frame of mind noun · 86% connection

a temporary psychological state

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Hallucinosis noun · 86% connection

a mental state in which the person has continual hallucinations

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Identity crisis noun · 86% connection

distress and disorientation (especially in adolescence) resulting from conflicting pressures and uncertainty about one's self and one'…

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Mental condition noun · 86% connection

(psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic;…

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Mental disease noun · 86% connection

any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychia…

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Abate verb · 78% connection

To bring down or reduce from a higher to a lower state, number, or degree; to lessen; to diminish; to contract; to moderate; to cut sh…

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Abject adjective · 78% connection

Sunk to a law condition; down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; groveling; despicable; as, abject posture, fortune, thoughts.

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Ardent adjective · 78% connection

Warm, applied to the passions and affections; passionate; fervent; zealous; vehement; as, ardent love, feelings, zeal, hope, temper.

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Assurance noun · 78% connection

The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; that which is designed to give confidence.

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Blindfold adjective · 78% connection

Having the eyes covered; blinded; having the mental eye darkened. Hence: Heedless; reckless; as, blindfold zeal; blindfold fury.

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Corruption noun · 78% connection

moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy fo…

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Degeneracy noun · 78% connection

moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy fo…

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Demoralize verb · 78% connection

To corrupt or undermine in morals; to destroy or lessen the effect of moral principles on; to render corrupt or untrustworthy in moral…

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Dependent adjective · 78% connection

Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything, without the will,…

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Depravation noun · 78% connection

moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy fo…

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Depravity noun · 78% connection

moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy fo…

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Despair verb · 78% connection

To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation; -- often with of.

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