adventurousness
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- noun
- /ædˈvɛnʧərəsnəs/
- The daredevils portray bravado and strength, but their true merit stems from their adventurousness.
- sense of adventurousness
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Watch on YouTubeSo there are emotions that are very positive, like confidence, like boldness, like fearlessness, like openness to experience, adventurousness.
- So there are emotions that are very positive, like confidence, like boldness, like fearlessness, like openness to experience, adventurousness.
Examples
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Her enthusiasm for Calcutta was contagious, and her adventurousness was quite inspiring.
Fiction book (2002) -
All these factors have opened the door for lawyers with the right stuff: a combination of ideals and adventurousness fueling a willingness to travel to faraway and often dangerous places to promote the rule of law.
Academic text (1999) -
Her adventurousness led her to take a spontaneous trip to the Amazon rainforest.
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His sense of adventurousness inspired him to try skydiving for the first time.
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Many people admire her adventurousness, as she often seeks out new experiences.
Synonyms
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3.2
Willingness to take risks and face danger
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3.8
A wish to take risks and try new things
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3.8
Being brave and willing to take risks
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7.7
Bold, fearless action that can seem rude
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3.5
A strong wish to try exciting or unusual experiences
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A willingness to take risks and try new things
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5.3
To want very much to try new exciting things
Antonyms
How Adventurous
Surface Forms
Morphology
adventurousness = adventurous (transparent) = adventure + ous + ness
Formed by a standard nominalization of the adjective 'adventurous' with '-ness', yielding the quality/state meaning.
Etymology
Adventurousness is formed from adventure + the ending -ness, and a helpful way to remember it is to think of the smaller word venture, which means to 'risk' something. Adventure originally meant a thing that 'comes' by chance, so adventurousness is the quality of being willing to take risks and try new or exciting things.