fearlessness

English

Etymology

From fearless +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɪəlɪsnɪs/

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Noun

fearlessness (usually uncountable, plural fearlessnesses)

1. The quality of being fearless.
   • 1856, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Dred, A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp:

     Anne was indignant with that straight-out and generous indignation which belongs to women, who are ready to follow their principles to any result with more inconsiderate fearlessness than men.

   • 1986, R.E.M., “Hyena”, in Lifes Rich Pageant:

     The only thing to fear is fearlessness / The bigger the weapon, the greater the fear / Hyena is ambassador to here

Synonyms

• ballsiness

Translations

quality of being fearless

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 无畏 (zh) (wúwèi), 无惧, 勇敢 (zh) (yǒnggǎn) Czech: nebojácnost f Dutch: onbevreesdheid f Finnish: pelottomuus (fi) French: intrépidité (fr) f Georgian: უშიშრობა (ušišroba) German: Furchtlosigkeit f Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌴𐌹 f (unagei) Greek: Ancient: ἀφοβία f (aphobía) Hindi: निडरता f (niḍartā), निर्भीकता (hi) f (nirbhīktā), निर्भयता (hi) f (nirbhaytā) Irish: neamheagla f, crógacht f Italian: please add this translation if you can Khmer: សេចក្ដីក្លាហាន (səckdəy klaa haan) Manx: neuaggle m Persian: نترس بودن (natars budan) Polish: nieustraszoność (pl) f Portuguese: coragem (pt) f, destemor (pt) m, bravura (pt) f, audácia (pt) f Romanian: curaj (ro) n, temeritate (ro) f, cutezanță (ro) f, neînfricare (ro) f Russian: бесстра́шие (ru) n (besstrášije), неустраши́мость (ru) f (neustrašímostʹ) Sanskrit: अभय (sa) n (abhaya) Serbo-Croatian: neustràšivōst (sh) f, неустрашивост f Spanish: valor (es) m, impavidez (es) f, intrepidez (es) f, demasía (es) f Telugu: అభయము (te) (abhayamu) (literary)

See also

• courage