group spirit, feeling of camaraderie among members of a group or organization (French)
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Esprit de corps Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
esprit de corps
n : the spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed [syn: morale, team spirit]
esprit de corps
(&?;), a french phrase much used by english writers to denote the common spirit pervading the members of a body or association of persons. it implies sympathy, enthusiasm, devotion, and jealous regard for the honor of the body as a whole...
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Noun
1. the spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed
(synonym) morale, team spirit
(hypernym) disposition, temperament
Esprit de corps Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Esprit de corps refers to the morale of a group.
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Morale, also known as esprit de corps when discussing the morale of a group, is an intangible term used to describe the capacity of people to maintain belief in an institution or a goal, or even in oneself and others. The second term applies particularly to military personnel and to members of sports teams, but is also applicable in business and in any other organizational context, particularly in times of stress or controversy. While the term is often used by authority figures as a generic value judgment of the willpower, obedience and self-discipline of a group tasked with performing duties assigned by a superior, more accurately it refers to the level of individual faith in the collective benefit gained by such performance.
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