From anti- + hero .
( UK ) IPA (key ) : /ˈæn.tɪˌhɪə.ɹəʊ/
( US ) IPA (key ) : /ˈænˌtaɪ.hiɹ.oʊ/ , /ˈæn.tiˌhiɹ.oʊ/
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.
protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner
Afrikaans: antiheld m
Albanian: antiheroi m
Armenian: հակահերոս (hy) ( hakaheros )
Basque: antiheroi
Belarusian: антыгерой ( antyhjerój )
Bengali: অ-নায়কোচিত নায়ক ( o-naẏkōcito naẏok )
Bulgarian: антигеро́й ( antigerój )
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) m , anti-héros (fr) m
Galician: antiheroe m
German: Antiheld (de) m
Greek: αντιήρωας (el) m ( antiíroas )
Ido: antiheroo
Irish: frith-laoch , ana-laoch
Italian: antieroe (it) m
Japanese: 反英雄 ( はんえいゆう, han'eiyū ) , アンチヒーロー ( anchihīrō ) , ダークヒーロー ( dākuhīrō )
Kazakh: антиқаһарман ( antiqaharman ) , анти-қаһарман ( anti-qaharman )
Korean: 반영웅(反英雄) (ko) ( banyeong'ung )
Latin: antiheros , contra heros
Latvian: antivaronis
Lithuanian: antiherojus
Macedonian: антихе́рој m ( antihéroj ) , антихерои́на f ( antiheroína )
Norwegian: antihelt m
Persian: ضدقهرمان (fa) , ناقهرمان (fa)
Polish: antybohater (pl) m , antybohaterka f
Portuguese: anti-herói (pt) m
Romanian: antierou m , erou negativ m
Russian: антигеро́й (ru) m ( antigerój )
Scottish Gaelic: ana-gaisgeach m
Spanish: antihéroe (es) m
Swahili: shujaa wa upande wa mbaya , shujaa hasi
Swedish: antihjälte (sv) c
Tagalog: kontrabayani , kontrabida
Tamil: எதிரானவீரன் ( etirāṉavīraṉ ) , ஆண்டிஹீரோ ( āṇṭihīrō )
Turkish: antikahraman
Ukrainian: антигеро́й ( antyherój )
Urdu: انٹی ہیرو m
Vietnamese: phản anh hùng (vi) (反英雄 )