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Definition of Antihero
1. Noun. A protagonist who lacks the characteristics that would make him a hero (or her a heroine).
Definition of Antihero
1. Noun. (literature gaming) A protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner, such as by criminal means, via cowardly actions, or for mercenary goals. ¹
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Definition of Antihero
1. a protagonist who is notably lacking in heroic qualities [n -ROES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antihero
Literary usage of Antihero
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lucky War: Third Army in Desert Storm by Richard M. Swain (1999)
"Pagonis is short, peripatetic, dynamic, a Greek fighting cock, albeit with a
sense of humor that can remind an onlooker of the antihero on the television ..."
2. Trouble in Paradise? Europe in the 21st Century by Steven Philip Kramer, Irene Kyriakopoulos (1996)
"Ross Perot showed that someone with money and a telegenic personality (in this
case, telegenic in an antihero kind of way), could score 17 percent of the ..."
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