antiheroic
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]antihero + -ic or anti- + heroic
Adjective
[edit]antiheroic (comparative more antiheroic, superlative most antiheroic)
- (narratology) Of, pertaining to or typical of an antihero.
- 2008 June 8, J. Hoberman, “When Chaplin Became the Enemy”, in New York Times[1]:
- “Monsieur Verdoux” may once again be timely, but the audacity of its statement derives less from Chaplin’s antiwar polemic than from his antiheroic pose.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]pertaining to or typical of an antihero
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