antiheroic

English

Etymology

antihero +‎ -ic or anti- +‎ heroic

Adjective

antiheroic (comparative more antiheroic, superlative most antiheroic)

1. (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.

Translations

pertaining to or typical of an antihero

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 反英雄的 (faan² jing¹ hung⁴ dik¹)

  Mandarin: 反英雄的 (fǎnyīngxióng de)

• French: antihéroïque (fr)
• Greek: αντιηρωικός (el) (antiiroïkós)
• Korean: 반영웅적 (banyeong'ungjeok)
• Macedonian: антихеројски (antiherojski)
• Polish: antybohaterski
• Portuguese: anti-heroico (pt)