heroism

noun
/ˈhɛɹəʊɪzəm/UK/ˈhɛɹoʊɪzəm/US

Etymology

From French héroïsme, equivalent to hero + -ism.

  1. borrowed from héroïsme

Definitions

  1. 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.

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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.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA