antihero

See also: anti-hero

English

WOTD – 26 October 2010

Alternative forms

• anti-hero

Etymology

From anti- +‎ hero.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæn.tɪˌhɪə.ɹəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈænˌtaɪ.hiɹ.oʊ/, /ˈæn.tiˌhiɹ.oʊ/

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Noun

antihero (plural antiheroes)

1. (literature, role-playing games) A protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner, such as by criminal means, via cowardly actions, or for mercenary goals.

Derived terms

• antiheroic
• antiheroine
• antiheroism

 

Translations

protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner

• Afrikaans: antiheld m
• Albanian: antiheroi m
• Arabic: بَطَل مُخَالِف لِلْعُرْفِ‎ (baṭal muḵālif lilʿurfi)
• Armenian: հակահերոս (hy) (hakaheros)
• Belarusian: антыгерой (antyhjerój)
• Bengali: অ-নায়কোচিত নায়ক (ô-naẏkocit naẏôk)
• Catalan: antiheroi m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 反英雄 (zh) (fǎnyīngxióng)

• Czech: antihrdina m
• Dutch: antiheld (nl) m, antiheldin f
• Esperanto: kontraŭheroo
• Estonian: antikangelane
• Finnish: antisankari (fi), pahis (fi)
• French: antihéros (fr)
• Galician: antiheroe m
• German: Antiheld (de) m
• Greek: αντιήρωας (el) m (antiíroas)

• Ido: antiheroo
• Irish: frith-laoch, ana-laoch
• Italian: antieroe (it) m
• Norwegian: antihelt m
• Japanese: 反英雄 (はんえいゆう, han'eiyū)
• Kazakh: антиқаһарман (antïqaharman), анти-қаһарман (antï-qaharman)
• Korean: 반영웅 (banyeong'ung) (反英雄)
• Old English: andhæleþ m
• Persian: ضدقهرمان‎ (fa), ناقهرمان‎ (fa)
• Polish: antybohater (pl) m
• Portuguese: anti-herói (pt) m
• Romanian: antierou m
• Russian: антигеро́й (ru) m (antigerój)
• Scottish Gaelic: ana-gaisgeach m
• Spanish: antihéroe (es) m
• Tagalog: kontrabayani, kontrabida
• Tamil: எதிரானவீரன் (etirāṉavīraṉ), ஆண்டிஹீரோ (āṇṭihīrō)
• Turkish: antikahraman
• Vietnamese: phản anh hùng (反英雄)

Related terms

• anti-villain
• false protagonist

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