Definition of "badassery" [badassery]

• The behaviour or quality of a badass. (noun)

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• "No matter how cool Ripley is, her badassery is still second to Private Vasquez, Jenette Goldstein's smartgun-wielding soldier that's never been mistaken for a man."
• "'For works in the spirit of David Gemmell' is a bit lacking in substance, mainly as people will argue long and hard over what Gemmell's key defining points actually were aside from 'badassery', as mentioned by one announcer at the awards."
• "And since we're griping, I'm turned off by the whole emphasis on tough guy "badassery" in this trailer."