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antiheroic

adj

Etymology

From antihero + -ic or anti- + heroic.

  1. derived from *ser-✻
  2. derived from ἥρως
  3. derived from hērōs
  4. derived from heroes
  5. inherited from heroes
  6. formed as antihero — “anti- + hero”
  7. suffixed as antiheroic — “antihero + ic”

Definitions

  1. Of, pertaining to or typical of an antihero.

    • “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.

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