Victimhood is the national malaise and its upper-class variant is the most incoherent.

He concluded that sports should have a vital role in solving their national malaise.

These reality shows do not signal a national malaise about outsourcing and unemployment.

The result was a famous presidential speech known for its discussion of a national "malaise."

Contrast his worry about a national "malaise" with Reagan's optimism and buoyancy.

"Bowling Alone" touched a public nerve and became a metaphor for a much larger national malaise.

In desperation, he made a disastrous speech blaming the American people and a national "malaise" for his own manifest failures of policy and leadership.

Jimmy Carter's naivete triggered what even he termed a national "malaise."

Siad Barre legitimated his 1969 coup d'état in terms of the national economic malaise.

Psychologically, he had been caught up in the national malaise that had followed Crockerman's announcement.