"fearlessness" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfɪəlɪsnɪs/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-fearlessness.wav Forms: fearlessnesses [plural]
Etymology: From 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), demasía [feminine] (Spanish), అభయము (abhayamu) [literary] (Telugu)

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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "quality of being fearless",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "curaj"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "quality of being fearless",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "temeritate"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "quality of being fearless",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cutezanță"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "quality of being fearless",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "neînfricare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "besstrášije",
      "sense": "quality of being fearless",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "бесстра́шие"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neustrašímostʹ",
      "sense": "quality of being fearless",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "неустраши́мость"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "abhaya",
      "sense": "quality of being fearless",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "अभय"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "quality of being fearless",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "neustràšivōst"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "quality of being fearless",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "неустрашивост"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "quality of being fearless",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "valor"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "quality of being fearless",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "impavidez"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "quality of being fearless",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "intrepidez"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "quality of being fearless",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demasía"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "abhayamu",
      "sense": "quality of being fearless",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "అభయము"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fearlessness"
}

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