postdating of "heroicism"

[Jonathan Lighter]

OED has a single cite, from 1648.

Elsewhen, Fox News reports that tornadoes in North Carolina resuled in "many
stories of heroicism."  By sheltering customers, the manager of a Lowe's
performed "an act of heroicism."

JL
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"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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