Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable)The qualities of a heroine or the display of those qualities; heroism performed by a female.

  2. (uncountable)Heroin addiction

Translations

2 languages

Origin

From heroine + -ism, modelled after heroism. From heroin + -ism.

From heroine + -ism, modelled after heroism.

From heroin + -ism.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
heroinism — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto