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strongheartedness en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English stronghartydnes, equivalent to stronghearted + -ness.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Resilience, endurance.
   • As Cooper pointed out, among the foremost of the nineteenth-century Gros Ventre character ideals were "strongheartedness" and the ability to "bear and forgo." 1987, Loretta Fowler, Shared Symbols, Contested Meanings: Gros Ventre Culture and History, 1778-1984, →ISBN, page 52:
2. (uncountable) Courage, bravery.
   • And desertion was noticeably worse among soldiers of lower classes than it was among those of moderate and superior means. But there were, of course, innumerable instances of strongheartedness among the humblest of Rebs. 2002, Michael Barton, Larry M. Logue, The Civil War Soldier: A Historical Reader, →ISBN, page 302:

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