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)

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

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:goodness

Related terms

• hero
• heroic
• heroics
• heroine

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, 2001–2018.

Anagrams

• Moshier, heirmos, more-ish, moreish