Meaning and example
strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage
The passage used "fortitude" to mean strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage.
Plain-English interpretation
A prevalence score of 2.139 places fortitude in the common range on this site. In practical terms, the word was recognized by about 98.9% of people in the source dataset.
Related words
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Similar-prevalence words
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- 98.9%
someone who offers opposition
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- 98.8%
conscientiousness in paying proper attention to a task; giving the degree of care required in a given situation
- Known by
- 98.8%
the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation
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- 98.8%
(philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful
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capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are
Source attribution
Brysbaert, M., Mandera, P., McCormick, S. F., & Keuleers, E. (2019). Word prevalence norms for 62,000 English lemmas. Behavior Research Methods, 51, 467-479.
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