"fearlessness" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfɪəlɪsnɪs/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-fearlessness.wav [US] Forms: fearlessnesses [plural]
Etymology: fearless + -ness Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fearless|ness}} fearless + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} fearlessness (usually uncountable, plural fearlessnesses)
  1. The quality of being fearless. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: ballsiness Related terms: courage Translations (quality of being fearless): ἀφοβία (aphobía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), 无畏 (wúwèi) (Chinese Mandarin), 无惧 (Chinese Mandarin), 勇敢 (yǒnggǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), nebojácnost [feminine] (Czech), onbevreesdheid [feminine] (Dutch), pelottomuus (Finnish), intrépidité [feminine] (French), უშიშრობა (ušišroba) (Georgian), Furchtlosigkeit [feminine] (German), 𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌴𐌹 (unagei) [feminine] (Gothic), neamheagla [feminine] (Irish), crógacht [feminine] (Irish), សេចក្ដីក្លាហាន (səckdəy klaa haan) (Khmer), neuaggle [masculine] (Manx), نترس بودن (natars budan) (Persian), nieustraszoność [feminine] (Polish), coragem [feminine] (Portuguese), destemor [masculine] (Portuguese), bravura [feminine] (Portuguese), audácia [feminine] (Portuguese), curaj [neuter] (Romanian), temeritate [feminine] (Romanian), cutezanță [feminine] (Romanian), neînfricare [feminine] (Romanian), бесстра́шие (besstrášije) [neuter] (Russian), неустраши́мость (neustrašímostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), अभय (abhaya) [neuter] (Sanskrit), neustràšivōst [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), неустрашивост [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), valor [masculine] (Spanish), impavidez [feminine] (Spanish), intrepidez [feminine] (Spanish), అభయము (abhayamu) [literary] (Telugu)

Inflected forms

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