heroics has definitions from the field of theater
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[ noun ] (theater) ostentatious or vainglorious or extravagant or hammy conduct

Examples

"heroics are for those epic films they make in Hollywood"

Used in print

(Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)

Just when it seems baseball might be losing its grip on the masses up pops heroics to start millions of tongues to wagging .

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