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antiheroics

noun

Etymology

Blend of antihero + heroics.

  1. derived from *ser-✻
  2. derived from ἥρως
  3. derived from hērōs
  4. derived from heroes
  5. inherited from heroes
  6. formed as heroics — “hero + -ics”
  7. compounded as antiheroics — “antihero + heroics”

Definitions

  1. The actions (heroics) of an antihero.

    • In a Black cultural mythology sense, exploring the prospect of antiheroics in Ali's life is a […]
    • It seems, then, that in order to reveal the antiheroic mode in women characters, a different hermeneutic strategy is needed, as women's antiheroics (that is, antiheroinism) is manifested differently from that of men.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA