wartime spirit
Morale during conflict
Wartime spirit is the collective attitude of determination, sacrifice, and unity that emerges during military conflict.
It encompasses willingness to endure hardship, pull together for a common cause, and set aside personal comfort for collective survival.
The phrase often appears nostalgically, especially regarding civilian resilience during World War II: My grandmother spoke fondly of the wartime spirit in London during the Blitz.
Politicians sometimes invoke it to rally support during peacetime crises: We need that wartime spirit to fight this pandemic.
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- courageFortitude facing danger
- never surrenderRefuse to yield ever
- solidarityUnity among allies
- band of brothersWarriors bound by loyalty
sacrifice · rationing · make do and mend · home front · homefront · morale · keep calm · unity · pull together · propaganda · blitz · air raid · endurance · patriotism · defiance · stoicism · backs against the wall · camaraderie
- Britishnesstea, London, BBC, Big Ben, royal family
- wartime moralemorale, patriotism, war effort, national unity, morale boosters
wartime spiritapathy
Absence of feeling
complacency · indifference · defeatism · demoralization · lethargy
wartime spiritself-interest
Concern for personal advantage
individualism · every man for himself · divisiveness · factionalism · disunity
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