nonheroic
- adjective
- /nɒnˈhɛroʊɪk/
:
no heroico
- In her speech, she emphasized nonheroic acts of everyday people during the crisis.
Examples
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Her case exemplifies the nonheroic and antinarcissistic origins of the "species" of the modern woman writer.
Academic text (2000) -
Better still, he comes to see nonheroic human truth as a fundamental value.
Academic text (1993) -
It also suggests the value of nonheroic virtues.
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Role-playing, in this perspective, becomes distinctly nonheroic; the focus is on nonoccurrence, on that which literally did not take place.
Academic text (1993) -
The nonheroic body type is unusual for mosaics of Theseus—I know of only one additional example, from the Villa Domizia on the island of Giannutri, Italy.
Academic text (2011) -
51 On the Thuburbo mosaic, the decidedly human, nonheroic body type of Theseus blurs the boundary between mythic and everyday combatants.
Academic text (2011) -
The movie portrayed a nonheroic character who showed kindness instead of bravado.
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The artist chose to illustrate nonheroic themes rather than grand heroic moments in history.
Synonyms
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Not showing bravery when facing danger
Antonyms
How Heroic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Nonheroic is made from the part non- meaning 'not' and heroic, from hero meaning 'a brave person'. So nonheroic means 'not brave' or ordinary, used for quiet, everyday actions instead of big, brave deeds.