heroism
UK/ˈhɛɹəʊɪzəm//ˈhɛɹoʊɪzəm/
heroism noun: the qualities characteristic of a hero, such as courage, bravery, fortitude, selflessness, etc.; the display of such qualities.
Noun
heroism (countable and uncountable, plural heroisms)
- The qualities characteristic of a hero, such as courage, bravery, fortitude, selflessness, etc.; the display of such qualities.
- Certain strains of music affect me so strangely; I can never hear them without their changing my whole attitude of mind for a time, and if the effect would last, I might be capable of heroisms.1860, George Eliot, chapter VI, in The Mill on the Floss, Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons
- 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.2017 December 1, Tom Breihan, “Mad Max: Fury Road might already be the best action movie ever made”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2022
heroism meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
heroism in Hindi
- the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them
- शौर्य śaurya, वीरता vīrtā
heroism in Tamil
- the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them
- வீரம் vīram
heroism in Urdu
- the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them
- بَہادُری bahādurī, بَسالَت basālat
heroism in Bengali
- বীরত্ব, শৌর্য, অসীম সাহস
More languagesFewer languages
- heroism in Telugu
- విక్రమము vikramamu, వీరత్వము vīratvamu, వీర్యము vīryamu, శూరత్వము śūratvamu
- heroism in Malayalam
- വീരഭാവം, ധൈര്യം, പൗരുഷം
- heroism in Kannada
- ಶೌರ್ಯ śaurya
- heroism in Punjabi
- ਵੀਰਤਾ
- heroism in Gujarati
- વીરતા
- heroism in Odia
- ବୀରପଣ birapaṇa
- heroism in Sanskrit
- शवस् śavas, शौर्य śaurya
- heroism in Pashto
- قهرماني qahramāni
- heroism in Arabic
- بَسَالَة basāla, بُطُولَة buṭūla
- heroism in Malay
- kepahlawanan
- heroism in Indonesian
- kepahlawanan
- heroism in Persian
- قهرمانی qahramâni, بسالت basâlat
- heroism in Thai
- วีรกรรม wii-rá-gam
- heroism in Vietnamese
- chủ nghĩa anh hùng, tinh thần anh hùng
- heroism in Myanmar
- သူရဲကောင်းဝါဒ surai:kaung:wada.
Examples of heroism in a sentence
- At the time, with the D-Day invasion of Europe going on, their heroism was hardly noticed.
- Having established this ultimate, farcical commoditization of heroism, Robbins turns his attention to Carlos.
- Yes, it was real, true Christian heroism that supported our Christians in Ho-nan and carried them through.
Synonyms of heroism
Forms of heroism
| plural | heroisms |
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Origin of heroism
From French héroïsme, equivalent to hero + -ism.
Words formed from heroism
Questions about heroism
- What does heroism mean?
- Heroism means the qualities characteristic of a hero, such as courage, bravery, fortitude, selflessness, etc.; the display of such qualities.
- What is heroism in Hindi?
- Heroism in Hindi is शौर्य (śaurya), वीरता (vīrtā). See Heroism meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is heroism?
- Heroism is a noun.
- How do you pronounce heroism?
- Heroism is pronounced /ˈhɛɹəʊɪzəm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of heroism?
- The plural of heroism is heroisms.
Words near heroism in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: heroism (page history and authors); Heroism (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); దిట్టతనము (Telugu) (page history and authors); heroism (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಶೌರ್ಯ (Kannada) (page history and authors); heroism (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); heroism (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ବୀରପଣ (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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