{"id":59620,"date":"2023-05-20T13:56:21","date_gmt":"2023-05-20T17:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=59620"},"modified":"2023-05-20T13:56:21","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T17:56:21","slug":"whats-another-term-for-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=59620","title":{"rendered":"What’s another term for hero?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I ask because I’ve spent a few hours trying to find one. If I’m suggesting we should not elevate heroes to godlike status, applaud but not worship<\/em> people who’ve done terrific things…well, what should we call them?<\/a><\/p>\n

An admirable woman, a lawyer, whom I follow on Twitter, just called an admirable journalist, whom I read avidly, her “hero.” The journalist doesn’t fit the word; she’s greater than a hero. Her work has exposed darkness we need to see into and for that I admire her. But her books and articles are not limited to one spontaneous life-risking action. Indeed, she’s been producing important work for years.<\/p>\n

If she isn’t a hero — she’s too brilliant to be a hero — what should we call her?<\/p>\n

My father’s 1924 Roget’s is no help whatsoever, although in turning the pages to locate “hero,” I noticed “hellhag,” which is fun, if not relevant to my search. In the “hellhag” paragraph, I find “[MALEFICENT BEING], evildoer…marplot…terrorist; Attila, scourge of the human race.”<\/p>\n

OK, so I could refer to someone I loathe as one of the above, but where is the benevolent antithesis, if not “hero”, to “scourge of the human race”?<\/p>\n

“Tutelary saint”? Nah. “Savior”? Definitely not; worse than “hero.”<\/p>\n

There are an intimidating number of words for monsters, i.e., hellhag. Why not a few synonyms for “hero,” without the tacit “worship” trailing along behind?<\/p>\n

Maybe if I revere someone — as does the lawyer in the above-mentioned tweet — I could call her “reverence” or “reverend.”<\/p>\n

Deep sigh. It’s easier to write about heretics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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