heroism

English

Etymology

From French héroïsme.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈheɹəʊɪzəm/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈheɹoʊɪzəm/
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Noun

heroism (countable and uncountable, plural heroisms)

The qualities characteristic of a hero, such as courage, bravery, fortitude, unselfishness, etc.; the display of such qualities.

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:goodness

Related terms

Translations

the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them

Armenian: հերոսություն (hy) (herosutʿyun)
Bulgarian: геройство (bg) n (gerojstvo), героизъм (bg) m (geroizǎm)
Catalan: heroisme m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 英雄主義 (zh), 英雄主义 (zh) (yīngxióngzhǔyì), 豪氣 (zh), 豪气 (zh) (háoqì)
Czech: hrdinství n
Danish: heltemod
Finnish: sankaruus (fi)
French: héroïsme (fr) m
Galician: heroísmo m
Greek: ηρωισμός (el) m (iroismós)
Irish: laochas
Italian: eroismo (it) m
Kurdish:
Sorani: قاره‌مانی‎ (ku) (qaremanî)

Macedonian: јунаштво n (júnaštvo), хероизам m (heroízam)
Maori: hautoa
Polish: bohaterstwo (pl) n
Portuguese: heroísmo (pt) m
Russian: герои́зм (ru) m (geroízm)
Scottish Gaelic: tapachd f
Serbo-Croatian: heroizam (sh) m, herojstvo (sh) n
Spanish: heroísmo (es) m
Swahili: ushujaa
Swedish: hjältemod (sv) n, heroism (sv) c
Volapük: heroed (vo)
Yiddish: גבֿורה‎ f (gvure)

References

“heroism” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

Anagrams

Moshier, heirmos, more-ish, moreish

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