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    FOOLHARDINESS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The trait of giving little thought to dangerplay

    Synonyms:

    foolhardiness; rashness; recklessness

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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

    thoughtlessness; unthoughtfulness (the trait of not thinking carefully before acting)

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

    adventurism (recklessness in politics or foreign affairs)

    brashness (the trait of being rash and hasty)

    desperation (desperate recklessness)

    Derivation:

    foolhardy (marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences)

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