war weariness
Conflict-induced collective exhaustion
War weariness is the exhaustion and declining support that sets in during prolonged military conflict.
It affects both civilian populations and soldiers, manifesting as diminished morale, political pressure to end hostilities, and general fatigue with the costs of war: By 1917, war weariness had spread across Europe.
The term often appears in discussions of why wars end or why public opinion shifts against continued fighting.
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
- battle fatiguePsychological trauma from warfare
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
- disillusionmentBitter loss of faith
- shell shockWar-induced psychological trauma
trauma · no man's land · armistice · peace · surrender · morale · homefront · trenches · attrition · propaganda · desertion · pacifism · anti-war movement · protests · bring them home · casualties · grief · mourning
- trench warfaretrenches, no man's land, barbed wire, dugouts, front lines
- WWI Mutiniesnaval mutiny, mutineers, insubordination
war wearinessbloodlust
Desire to kill
jingoism · war fever · warmongering · militarism · hawkishness
war wearinessfighting spirit
Determined will to persevere
battle readiness · esprit de corps · combat readiness · patriotic fervor · wartime morale
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