fearlessness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English fear

Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.

Proto-Germanic *leusaną

Proto-Germanic *lausaz

Proto-Germanic *-lausaz

Proto-West Germanic *-laus

Old English -lēas

Middle English -les

English -less

English fearless

Proto-Germanic *-in-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-Germanic *-inōną

Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-

Proto-Germanic *-atjaną

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Germanic *-þuz

Proto-Germanic *-assuz

Proto-Germanic *-inassuz

Proto-West Germanic *-nassī

Old English -nes

Middle English -nesse

English -ness

English fearlessness

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 Greek: 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