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Esprit de corps

//ɛˌspɹi də ˈkɔɹ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A shared spirit of comradeship, enthusiasm, and devotion to a cause among the members of a group, for example of a military unit. idiomatic, uncountable

    "“Well done, sister! I honour your esprit du corps^([sic]). When I am a wife, I mean to be just as staunch myself; and I wish my friends in general would be so too. It would save me many a heartache.”"

  2. 2
    the spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed wordnet

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French esprit de corps, from esprit (“spirit”) + de (“of”) + corps (“body”).

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