antihero
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- noun
- /ˈæntiˌhɪroʊ/
- Literature
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antiheroe
- In the novel, the character serves as an antihero, often making morally questionable decisions.
- antihero into hero
That's their job as the antihero is to say, what are you people thinking?
- That's their job as the antihero is to say, what are you people thinking?
- All the thriller rules of suspense and a making an antihero sympathetic by making everyone around him worse.
- Better to be villain, loser or antihero then virtuous extra.
Examples
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Unlike traditional heroes, modern films frequently feature an antihero who grapples with personal flaws.
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And he wrote me as the vulnerable antihero.
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Your other classmates look at him as a hero, or at least an antihero of sorts.
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The modern antihero Namredef X proves the point again.
Fiction book (1995) -
The protagonist is Yossarian, a typical antihero, whose only concern is to get through the war without being killed.
Academic text (2003) -
Brombert contends that a new kind of hero, the antihero, has emerged in key works of modern European literature.
Academic text (2000) -
On the other hand, Wenabozho did some awfully foolish things as well, and thus he could be characterized as an antihero.
Academic text (2002) -
Walter White, from Breaking Bad, embodies the antihero archetype through his transformation from teacher to drug lord.
Antonyms
How Heroic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Antihero joins anti- meaning 'against' or 'opposite' and hero meaning 'a brave or ideal person', so an antihero is a story's main character who is not the usual hero and is often flawed, selfish, or morally unclear.