hardihood
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- noun
- /ˈhɑːrdiˌhʊd/
- Literature
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audacia
- Capra, on the other hand, creates an artistic universe parallel to James' pragmatic pluralist one which has to "fall back on a certain ultimate hardihood, a certain willingness to live without assurances or guarantees." 39
- courage and hardihood
Examples
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In the early settlement of Greene County came men who had the courage and hardihood to face danger and even death, if need be, so that this garden spot of the state might be reclaimed from its wild and primitive state and be made to bloom and blossom as a rose.
Fiction book (1997) -
"This innocence is associated with hardihood and commitment.
Fiction book (1995) -
An act of incredible resolution and hardihood, for he was on a large plain, and before him, and for miles behind him, the road was covered with the French columns.
Blog text (20) -
This hardihood, I think, is crucial to our being able to face our postmodern predicament.
Fiction book (1995) -
To have the courage, hardihood, effrontery, cruelty, or the grace and patience to do a thing in spite of any natural feeling...
Academic text (1994) -
Had we lived, I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance, and courage of my companions that would have stirred the heart of every Englishman.
Blog text (24) -
The hardihood of those plants accustomed to disrupted soil or able to survive in the toxic environs of the metropolis populates and transforms this natural history of the future.
Academic text (2018) -
The importance of hardihood, the idea that nothing is guaranteed nor definitively acquired, that we have to learn to live and think at the frontiers of nothingness, confronting nothingness without being nullified, is all foregrounded in Morin's work.
Fiction book (1995) -
The explorers showed remarkable hardihood as they trekked through the dangerous mountain terrain.
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Her hardihood in the face of adversity inspired everyone around her to take risks and pursue their dreams.
Synonyms
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Willingness to take risks and face danger
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Courage to take risks or face danger
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3.8
Being brave and willing to take risks
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7.9
Courage and determination when someone faces danger or difficulty
Willingness to face danger or take big risks
Being willing to face danger, fear, or pain without moving away
Brave and determined actions in hard times
Antonyms
How Brave
Surface Forms
Morphology
hardihood = hardy (semi-transparent) = hardi + hood
The noun is built from the older combining form 'hardi' (related to modern 'hardy'), but the modern sense of 'hardy' (robust) differs from the archaic sense 'bold', so learners may only partially infer the meaning.
Etymology
Hardihood comes from hardi, an old word meaning 'bold', plus the ending -hood, which means 'state'. So hardihood simply means 'the state of being bold', like childhood is the 'state of being a child', and that explains why we use it for courage and risk-taking.