heroism
nounEtymology
From French héroïsme, equivalent to hero + -ism.
- borrowed from héroïsme
Definitions
The qualities characteristic of a hero, such as courage, bravery, fortitude,…
The qualities characteristic of a hero, such as courage, bravery, fortitude, selflessness, etc.; the display of such qualities.
- He does all sorts of cool shit, and he subtly rediscovers his own heroism without making a big thing out of it. But he’s a supporting character, and he knows it.
- At the time, with the D-Day invasion of Europe going on, their heroism was hardly noticed. Plenty of other heroes were dying elsewhere. Plenty of bigger bits of history were being made.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at heroism. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at heroism. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at heroism
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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