Heroism

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  • noun. Heroic conduct or behavior.
  • noun. Heroic characteristics or qualities; courage.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The qualities of a hero, as courage, intrepidity, fortitude, etc.; heroic character or action.
  • noun. Synonyms Valor, gallantry, daring, boldness, fearlessness. See brave and heroic.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The qualities characteristic of a hero, as courage, bravery, fortitude, unselfishness, etc.; the display of such qualities.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The qualities characteristic of a hero, as courage, bravery, fortitude, unselfishness, etc.; the display of such qualities.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle)
  • Word Usage
    ""'Few nobler heroisms,' says a well-known writer, long occupied on this subject, 'at bottom, perhaps, _no nobler heroism_, ever transacted itself on this earth; and it lies as good as lost to us, overwhelmed under such an avalanche of human stupidities as no heroism before ever did."
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