antihero
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See also: anti-hero
English
[edit]WOTD – 26 October 2010, 26 October 2011, 26 October 2012, 26 October 2013, 26 October 2014
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈæn.tɪˌhɪə.ɹəʊ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈænˌtaɪ.hiɹ.oʊ/, /ˈæn.tiˌhiɹ.oʊ/
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Noun
[edit]antihero (plural antiheroes)
- (literature, roleplaying games) A protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner, such as by criminal means, via cowardly actions, or for mercenary goals.
- Synonym: unhero
- 2006, James Bonnet, Stealing Fire from the Gods: The Complete Guide to Story for Writers and Filmmakers:
- Alienation: A stage on the downside of the passage wherein the holdfast and the antihero take actions which bring about a disintegration of personality.
- 2021 August 11, Jacqui Palumbo, “Rosamund Pike in ‘I Care a Lot’ and six more recommendations if you love an antiheroine”, in CNN[2]:
- Fictional male antiheroes like television’s crime patriarchs Tony Soprano and Walter White have reigned for some time, but the antiheroine has only more recently had the opportunity to rise up – and become the cause of her own downfall. […] Grayson serves as an archetype for a female antihero not driven by much except for her own ambition, and she’s quite fine with that.
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[edit]Translations
[edit]protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner
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