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strongheartedness

strongheartedness noun: resilience, endurance.

Noun

strongheartedness (uncountable)

  1. Resilience, endurance.
    • As Cooper pointed out, among the foremost of the nineteenth-century Gros Ventre character ideals were "strongheartedness" and the ability to "bear and forgo."1987, Loretta Fowler, Shared Symbols, Contested Meanings: Gros Ventre Culture and History, 1778-1984, →ISBN, page 52
  2. Courage, bravery.
    • And desertion was noticeably worse among soldiers of lower classes than it was among those of moderate and superior means. But there were, of course, innumerable instances of strongheartedness among the humblest of Rebs.2002, Michael Barton, Larry M. Logue, The Civil War Soldier: A Historical Reader, →ISBN, page 302

Forms of strongheartedness

alternative formstrong-heartedness

Origin of strongheartedness

From Middle English stronghartydnes, equivalent to stronghearted + -ness.

Questions about strongheartedness

What does strongheartedness mean?
Strongheartedness means resilience, endurance.
What part of speech is strongheartedness?
Strongheartedness is a noun.

Words near strongheartedness in the dictionary

  1. stronghandedness
  2. strongheaded
  3. strongheadedness
  4. stronghearted
  5. strongheartedly
  6. strongheartedness
  7. stronghold
  8. strongholds
  9. Stronghurst
  10. strongish
  11. stronglier

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