antihero








noun, plural an·ti·he·roes.

  1. a protagonist who lacks the attributes that make a heroic figure, as nobility of mind and spirit, a life or attitude marked by action or purpose, and the like.

noun plural -roes

  1. a central character in a novel, play, etc, who lacks the traditional heroic virtues
n.

also anti-hero; 1714, from anti- + hero.

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