The opposite of courage can be either, cowardice, conformity to standards which are disagreeable, and/or laziness. All three of these opposing character qualities are applicable under different circumstances.
For example, if someone is in a dangerous or difficult situation in which their duty is to do something challenging and they fail to do it, is cowardice.
If it is their duty to go to work and they decide to sleep the day away instead, it is laziness.
If someone forces them to do something that they don't believe in doing, it is conformity.
The opposite of experiencing fear is fearlessness, courage, or bravery. The absence of fear would be calmness or being unworried, unconcerned, or nonplussed.
Valor is courage or bravery. The antonym (opposite) would be cowardice.
The opposite of peur (fear) are either courage or confiance.
According to Aristotle, confidence is the opposite of fear.
Confidence or courage.
To give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to incite; to help forward; -- the opposite of discourage.
To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; -- the opposite of encourage; as, he was discouraged in his undertaking; he need not be discouraged from a like attempt., To dishearten one with respect to; to discountenance; to seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one from; as, they discouraged his efforts., Lack of courage; cowardliness.
No, violence is not courage. True courage involves facing fears and challenges with strength, resilience, and integrity, while violence is often an act of aggression or harm towards others. Courage can be demonstrated through acts of kindness, compassion, and standing up for what is right without resorting to violence.
Antithesis refers to the direct opposite of something. A sample sentence is: "The behavior he has shown is the very antithesis of courage".
No, fearlessness is not the opposite of individuality. Fearlessness relates to having courage and facing one's fears, while individuality is about being unique and expressing one's own identity. These two concepts are not inherently opposed to each other.
The base word for "discouragement" is "encourage." The prefix "dis-" added to "courage" changes the meaning to convey the opposite, indicating a lack of encouragement or support.
Courage is a noun.