foolhardiness

Definitions of foolhardiness
  1. noun
    the trait of giving little thought to danger
    synonyms: rashness, recklessness
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    types:
    adventurism
    recklessness in politics or foreign affairs
    brashness
    the trait of being rash and hasty
    desperation
    desperate recklessness
    type of:
    thoughtlessness, unthoughtfulness
    the trait of not thinking carefully before acting
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