FEARLESSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fearlessness mean? 

• FEARLESSNESS (noun)
  The noun FEARLESSNESS has 2 senses:

1. feeling no fear

2. the trait of feeling no fear

  Familiarity information: FEARLESSNESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FEARLESSNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Feeling no fear

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

bravery; fearlessness

Hypernyms ("fearlessness" is a kind of...):

feeling (the experiencing of affective and emotional states)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fearlessness"):

security (freedom from anxiety or fear)

Antonym:

fear (an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight))

Derivation:

fearless (oblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them)

fearless (invulnerable to fear or intimidation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The trait of feeling no fear

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("fearlessness" is a kind of...):

braveness; bravery; courage; courageousness (a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fearlessness"):

coolness; nervelessness (fearless self-possession in the face of danger)

boldness; daring; hardihood; hardiness (the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger)

gutsiness; pluck; pluckiness (the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury)

Antonym:

fearfulness (the trait of being afraid)

Derivation:

fearless (invulnerable to fear or intimidation)

 Context examples 

It did not occur to him that this fearlessness was founded upon experience and knowledge.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

His sanguine temper, and fearlessness of mind, operated very differently on her.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)