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Boldness vs Parrhesia - What's the difference?

boldness | parrhesia |

As a noun boldness

is the state of being bold; courage.

As a proper noun parrhesia is

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boldness

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The state of being bold; courage.
  • * Rudyard Kipling, Puck of Pook's Hill
  • Then he warmed to it, and smoothly set out all his shifts, malices, and treacheries, his extreme boldnesses (he was desperate bold); his retreats, shufflings, and counterfeitings (he was also inconceivably a coward)
  • presumptuousness
  • (typography) The relative weight of a font; the thickness of its strokes.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    parrhesia

    Noun

    (-)
  • (rhetoric) boldness or freedom in speech; the seeking of forgiveness for such speech
  • Derived terms

    * parrhesiastic