Talk:courage

RFV discussion: October–November 2019
Rfv-sense: "The ability to maintain one's will or intent despite the occurrence of adversity, frustration, defeat or reversal." Is this really a separate sense? --Robbie SWE (talk) 16:42, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
 * There has to be a (real or perceived) risk to some action before you can ascribe courage to someone undertaking that action – one wouldn’t say Guy Fieri had the courage to present his cooking show '. Furthermore, the action undertaken needs to have a purpose that is viewed in a positive light, so that the action is considered admirable – one wouldn’t say that a rapist summoned the courage''' to assault their victims, overcoming their fear of being caught. I feel all three given senses are lacking in one of these respects, as in the parable of the . The definition of sense 1 does not involve any risk. The “fear” of sense 2 implies a perceived risk but does not imply a positive purpose. Finally, the challenged sense lacks both aspects. A person imprisoned for attempted murder may maintain their will and intent to murder the target of their hatred despite the frustration of having a life sentence, but this will not be considered courageous. --Lambiam 11:03, 5 October 2019 (UTC)

RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 20:09, 5 November 2019 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure. The cites now at sense 3 seem to overlap heavily with 1 and 2. Equinox ◑ 20:14, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
 * It seems fairly clear to me. Sense 1 is about confidence and lack of fear. Sense 2 involves facing fear. Sense 3 is about perseverence. Kiwima (talk) 19:33, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

Marathi धाड़सी?

 * There is a Marathi translation in the table with a nuqta -, not handled by the transliteration module, most likely wrong - wrong language and part of speech? Should that be , which is an adjective per https://www.shabdkosh.com/dictionary/english-marathi? --Anatoli T. (обсудить/вклад) 05:55, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Yep, that doesn't belong here, that's an adjective version of which is already in the table. —AryamanA (मुझसे बात करें • योगदान) 05:57, 3 September 2020 (UTC)