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audacity

[ aw-das-i-tee ]

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noun

plural audacities.

boldness or daring, especially with confident or arrogant disregard for personal safety, conventional thought, or other restrictions.
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effrontery or insolence; shameless boldness:
His questioner's audacity shocked the lecturer.
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Usually audacities. audacious or particularly bold or daring acts or statements.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of audacity¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English audacite, equivalent to Latin ��ܻ��峦- (stem of ��ܻ�� “bold, daring”) + -ity

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“Incredible. Fifty-two points with people draped all over him all game long. The conditioning. The skill. The audacity. The belief. It’s just incredible to watch Steph at work.”

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Before there was a shot clock, he had the audacity to have his team hold the ball for long periods of time without attempting a shot.

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Even so, it is the freshness of allegorical audacity as a young genius looks ahead that has the most relevance.

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Following Vladimir Putin’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Donald Trump, still reeling at his failed January 6 coup, marveled at the Russian dictator’s audacity.

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He also has the audacity to publicly humiliate them.

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