heroism

plural heroisms

1. countableuncountableThe qualities characteristic of a hero, such as courage, bravery, fortitude, selflessness, etc.; the display of such qualities.

   He does all sorts of cool shit, and he subtly rediscovers his own heroism without making a big thing out of it. But he’s a supporting character, and he knows it.

   2017 December 1, Tom Breihan, “Mad Max: Fury Road might already be the best action movie ever made”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2022

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   Certain strains of music affect me so strangely; I can never hear them without their changing my whole attitude of mind for a time, and if the effect would last, I might be capable of heroisms.

   1860, George Eliot, chapter VI, in The Mill on the Floss, Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons

   At the time, with the D-Day invasion of Europe going on, their heroism was hardly noticed. Plenty of other heroes were dying elsewhere. Plenty of bigger bits of history were being made.

   2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 1948, page 43

   Synonyms: heroship, goodness