foolhardiness
11rashness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Hastiness Nouns 1. rashness, temerity, incautiousness, imprudence, indiscretion, recklessness, folly; overconfidence, audacity, courage, sporting blood; precipitancy, precipitation, impetuosity,… …
12temerity — noun I doubt they ll have the temerity to print these accusations Syn: audacity, nerve, effrontery, impudence, impertinence, cheek, gall, presumption; daring; informal face, front, neck, chutzpah •• temerity, audacity, effrontery, foolhardiness,… …
13Virtue — (Latin virtus ; Greek Polytonic|ἀρετή) is moral excellence. Personal virtues are characteristics valued as promoting individual and collective well being, and thus good by definition. The opposite of virtue is vice.Etymologically the word virtue… …
14Virtue ethics — Virtue theory is a branch of moral philosophy that emphasizes character, rather than rules or consequences, as the key element of ethical thinking. In the West virtue ethics was the prevailing approach to ethical thinking in the ancient and… …
15temerity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. rashness, boldness, audacity, recklessness, daring, nerve, gall, brass (sl.), cheek (sl.). II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. audacity, effrontery, boldness, hardihood, rashness, presumption, overconfidence,… …
16desperation — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Hopelessness] Syn. despair, distress, despondency, depression, discomfort, dejection, distraction, desolation, disconsolateness, anxiety, dread, panic, anguish, agony, melancholy, grief, worry, trouble, pain, torture, pang,… …
17foolhardy — [[t]fu͟ːlhɑː(r)di[/t]] ADJ GRADED: oft it v link ADJ to inf (disapproval) If you describe behaviour as foolhardy, you disapprove of it because it is extremely risky. When he tested an early vaccine on himself, some described the act as foolhardy …
18rashness — noun 1. the trait of giving little thought to danger • Syn: ↑recklessness, ↑foolhardiness • Derivationally related forms: ↑rash, ↑foolhardy (for: ↑foolhardiness), ↑reckless …
19recklessness — noun the trait of giving little thought to danger (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑foolhardiness, ↑rashness • Derivationally related forms: ↑rash (for: ↑rashness), ↑foolhardy ( …
20Foolhardihood — Fool har di*hood, n. The state of being foolhardy; foolhardiness. [1913 Webster] …
