"fighting spirit" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌfaɪ.tɪŋ ˈspɪɹ.ɪt/ [UK], /ˌfaɪ.t̬ɪŋ ˈspɪɹ.ət/ [US] Forms: fighting spirits [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fighting spirit (countable and uncountable, plural fighting spirits)
  1. (idiomatic) One's willpower or ability to continue partaking in difficult activities or to continue fighting against insurmountable odds. Tags: countable, idiomatic, uncountable Translations (ability to keep going despite the odds): qeebi (Afar), taistelutahto (Finnish), tsemppi (Finnish), taisteluhenki [singular] (Finnish), esprit combattant [masculine] (French), gnaque [feminine] (French), ბრძოლის ჟინი (brʒolis žini) (Georgian), Kampfgeist [masculine] (German), αγωνιστικότητα (agonistikótita) [feminine] (Greek), רוח קרב (rúakh kráv) [feminine] (Hebrew), 闘志 (tōshi) (alt: とうし) (Japanese), 戦意 (sen'i) (alt: せんい) (Japanese), spirit de luptă [neuter] (Romanian), kämpaglöd [common-gender] (Swedish), kämparanda [common-gender] (Swedish), jävlar anamma [common-gender, singular] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-fighting_spirit-en-noun-NWqnkkxM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "code": "aa",
      "lang": "Afar",
      "sense": "ability to keep going despite the odds",
      "word": "qeebi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ability to keep going despite the odds",
      "word": "taistelutahto"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ability to keep going despite the odds",
      "word": "tsemppi"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ability to keep going despite the odds",
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "ability to keep going despite the odds",
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      "word": "esprit combattant"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "ability to keep going despite the odds",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gnaque"
    },
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
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      "sense": "ability to keep going despite the odds",
      "word": "ბრძოლის ჟინი"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ability to keep going despite the odds",
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      ],
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    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "agonistikótita",
      "sense": "ability to keep going despite the odds",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αγωνιστικότητα"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "rúakh kráv",
      "sense": "ability to keep going despite the odds",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "רוח קרב"
    },
    {
      "alt": "とうし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tōshi",
      "sense": "ability to keep going despite the odds",
      "word": "闘志"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せんい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sen'i",
      "sense": "ability to keep going despite the odds",
      "word": "戦意"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "ability to keep going despite the odds",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "spirit de luptă"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ability to keep going despite the odds",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kämpaglöd"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ability to keep going despite the odds",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kämparanda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ability to keep going despite the odds",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "jävlar anamma"
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