heroism

English

Etymology

From French héroïsme.

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Noun

heroism (countable and uncountable; plural heroisms)

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

Related terms

• hero
• heroic
• heroics
• heroine

Translations

the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them

• Armenian: հերոսություն (hy) (herosut’yun)
• Catalan: heroisme (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 英雄主義 (cmn), 英雄主义 (cmn) (yīngxióngzhǔyì), 豪氣 (cmn), 豪气 (cmn) (háoqì)

• Czech: hrdinství (cs) n
• Danish: heltemod
• French: héroïsme (fr) m
• Greek: ηρωισμός (el) (iroismós) m
• Italian: eroismo (it) m

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: قاره‌مانی

• Macedonian: јунаштво (mk) (júnaštvo) n, хероизам (mk) (heroízam) m
• Russian: героизм (ru) (geroízm) m
• Scottish Gaelic: tapachd (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian: heroizam (sh) m, herojstvo (sh) n
• Spanish: heroísmo m
• Swahili: ushujaa (sw)
• Volapük: heroed (vo)

References

• “heroism” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

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