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moral injury

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.28 in modern English

Syllables
moral in-jury
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Harm to an individual's moral conscience and values, resulting from an act of perceived moral transgression on the part of themselves or others, and accompanied by guilt, shame, anger, etc.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

moral injuries (plural)

Phrases

moral distress

Frequently Paired Words

moral distress

Questions

What does moral injury mean?
Harm to an individual's moral conscience and values, resulting from an act of perceived moral transgression on the part of themselves or others, and accompanied by guilt, shame, anger, etc.

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